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[RECONSTRUCTION - CIVIL RIGHTS]. ELLIOTT, Robert Brown (1842-1884). "Civil Rights." Speech of Hon. Robert B. Elliott, of South Carolina, in the House of Representatives, January 6, 1874. [Washington]: [Beardsley & Snodgrass], 1874.
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[RECONSTRUCTION - CIVIL RIGHTS]. ELLIOTT, Robert Brown (1842-1884). "Civil Rights." Speech of Hon. Robert B. Elliott, of South Carolina, in the House of Representatives, January 6, 1874. [Washington]: [Beardsley & Snodgrass], 1874.
8vo. Original wrappers (light toning).
[With:] CURRIER and IVES, publishers. Hon. Robert Brown Elliott, M.C. of South Carolina. Lithograph, ca 1874, 340 x 422 mm sheet, on wove paper, some spotting, creases.
Elliott was a member of the US House of Representatives from South Carolina, serving between 1871 and 1874. Here he makes an impassioned defense of the Civil Rights Bill: "I regret, sir that the dark hue of my skin may lend a color to the imputation that I am controlled by motives personal to myself in my advocacy of this great measure of national justice. Sir, the motive that impels me is restricted by no such narrow boundary, but is as broad as your Constitution. I advocate it, sir, because it is right."
Collection of Tom Charles Huston