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References
- ↑ Blake Wintory. "African-American Legislators (Nineteenth Century)". Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
- ↑ "Southeast Arkansas's African-American Legislators, 1868–1893". Lakeport Plantation. February 17, 2016. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
- 1 2 Willard B. Gatewood Jr. (Spring 1974). "Negro Legislators in Arkansas, 1891: A Document". Arkansas Historical Quarterly. Arkansas Historical Association. 31: 231. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
- ↑ "Montage of Black Arkansas Legislators in 1891". University Libraries Digital Collections. University of Arkansas. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
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