Civil rights. Speech of Hon. Robert B. Elliott, of South Carolina, in the House of Representatives, January 6, 1874

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Civil rights. Speech of Hon. Robert B. Elliott, of South Carolina, in the House of Representatives, January 6, 1874

1874

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990047386500203941/catalog

8 p. 22 cm.

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Elliott, Robert Brown, 1842-1884

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Robert Brown Elliott (August 11, 1842 – August 9, 1884) was an African-American member of the United States House of Representatives from South Carolina, serving from 1871 to 1874. He was born in 1842 in Liverpool, England. He attended High Holborn Academy in London, England and then studied law, graduating from Eton College in 1859. From there he joined the British Royal Navy. Elliott decided to settle in South Carolina in 1867. He was admitted to the South Carolina bar in 1868 and began pra...