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- ↑ Profile, books.google.com. Accessed March 9, 2024.
- ↑ "I.S. Leevy Johnson, Esq. – South Carolina African American History Calendar".
- ↑ South Carolina General Assembly (1988). "Legislative Manual - General Assembly of South Carolina".
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