Twilight, Alexander Lucius, 1795-1857
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Twilight, Alexander Lucius, 1795-1857
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Twilight
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Alexander Lucius
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1795-1857
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Alexander Twilight was born September 23, 1795 in Bradford, Vermont. He is the first African-American man known to have earned a bachelor's degree from an American university before becoming an educator. In 1836 he was the first African-American elected as a state legislator, serving in the Vermont House of Representatives; he was also the only African-American ever elected to a state legislature before the Civil War. He died on June 19, 1857 in Brownington, Vermont.
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https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n98079483
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http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q4720270
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