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- ↑ Foner, Eric (1993). Freedom's Lawmakers. Oxford University Press. p. 202. ISBN 9780195074062.
- ↑ Representatives, South Carolina General Assembly House of (May 24, 1873). "Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of South-Carolina". State Printers. p. 5 – via Google Books.
- ↑ Underwood, James Lowell; Jr, W. Lewis Burke (March 25, 2021). At Freedom's Door: African American Founding Fathers and Lawyers in Reconstruction South Carolina. Univ of South Carolina Press. ISBN 9781643362359 – via Google Books.
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