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- ↑ Fortune, T. Thomas (September 30, 2014). After War Times: An African American Childhood in Reconstruction-Era Florida. University of Alabama Press. ISBN 9780817318369 – via Google Books.
- ↑ Brown, Canter (January 1, 1998). Florida's Black Public Officials, 1867-1924. University of Alabama Press. ISBN 9780817309152 – via Google Books.
- ↑ Foner, Eric (1 August 1996). Freedom's Lawmakers: A Directory of Black Officeholders During Reconstruction. LSU Press. p. 103. ISBN 978-0-8071-2082-8 . Retrieved November 12, 2022.
- ↑ "Cases Adjudicated". January 1, 1874 – via Google Books.
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