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- ↑ Representatives, South Carolina General Assembly House of (December 15, 1875). "Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of South-Carolina". State Printers – via Google Books.
- ↑ Holt, Thomas Cleveland (December 15, 1977). Black Over White: Negro Political Leadership in South Carolina During Reconstruction. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 9780252007750 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "South Carolina Legislature Online - Search". www.scstatehouse.gov.
- ↑ Bryant, Lawrence Chesterfield (1967). "Negro Legislators in South Carolina 1868-1902".
- ↑ Representatives, South Carolina General Assembly House of (December 15, 1875). "Journal ..." Republican Printing Company – via Google Books.
- ↑ "United States Congressional Serial Set". 1877.