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- ↑ Bailey, Richard (January 2, 2010). Neither Carpetbaggers Nor Scalawags: Black Officeholders During the Reconstruction of Alabama, 1867-1878. NewSouth Books. ISBN 9781588381897 – via Google Books.
- ↑ Woodson, Carter Godwin; Logan, Rayford Whittingham (December 30, 1920). "The Journal of Negro History". Association for the Study of Negro Life and History – via Google Books.
- ↑ Fleming, Walter Lynwood (December 30, 1905). Civil War and Reconstruction in Alabama. Columbia University Press. ISBN 9780231906586 – via Google Books.
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