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- ↑ "African-American Legislators in Reconstruction Alabama" (PDF). Alabama Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
- ↑ Senate, USA Congress (April 3, 1876). "Senate Documents". U.S. Government Printing Office – via Google Books.
- ↑ Senate, Alabama Legislature (April 3, 1876). "Journal". etc. – via Google Books.
- ↑ Representatives, USA Congress House of (April 3, 1876). "House Documents". U.S. Government Printing Office – via Google Books.
- ↑ House, United States Congress (April 3, 1883). "Miscellaneous Documents: 30th Congress, 1st Session - 49th Congress, 1st Session" – via Google Books.
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