Book/Printed Material Speeches at the Constitutional Convention

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- Contributor: Smalls, Robert - Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Smalls, Sarah V.
- Date: 1896
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- Contributor: Smalls, Robert - Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Smalls, Sarah V.
- Date: 1896
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- Contributor: Smalls, Robert - Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Smalls, Sarah V.
- Date: 1896
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- Contributor: Smalls, Robert - Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Smalls, Sarah V.
- Date: 1896
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- Contributor: Smalls, Robert - Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Smalls, Sarah V.
- Date: 1896
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- Contributor: Smalls, Robert - Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Smalls, Sarah V.
- Date: 1896
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- Contributor: Smalls, Robert - Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Smalls, Sarah V.
- Date: 1896
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- Contributor: Smalls, Robert - Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Smalls, Sarah V.
- Date: 1896
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- Contributor: Smalls, Robert - Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Smalls, Sarah V.
- Date: 1896
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- Contributor: Smalls, Robert - Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Smalls, Sarah V.
- Date: 1896
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- Contributor: Smalls, Robert - Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Smalls, Sarah V.
- Date: 1896
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- Contributor: Smalls, Robert - Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Smalls, Sarah V.
- Date: 1896
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- Contributor: Smalls, Robert - Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Smalls, Sarah V.
- Date: 1896
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- Contributor: Smalls, Robert - Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Smalls, Sarah V.
- Date: 1896
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- Contributor: Smalls, Robert - Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Smalls, Sarah V.
- Date: 1896
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- Contributor: Smalls, Robert - Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Smalls, Sarah V.
- Date: 1896
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- Contributor: Smalls, Robert - Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Smalls, Sarah V.
- Date: 1896
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- Contributor: Smalls, Robert - Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Smalls, Sarah V.
- Date: 1896
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- Contributor: Smalls, Robert - Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Smalls, Sarah V.
- Date: 1896
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- Contributor: Smalls, Robert - Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Smalls, Sarah V.
- Date: 1896
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- Contributor: Smalls, Robert - Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Smalls, Sarah V.
- Date: 1896
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- Contributor: Smalls, Robert - Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Smalls, Sarah V.
- Date: 1896
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- Contributor: Smalls, Robert - Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Smalls, Sarah V.
- Date: 1896
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- Contributor: Smalls, Robert - Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Smalls, Sarah V.
- Date: 1896
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- Contributor: Smalls, Robert - Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Smalls, Sarah V.
- Date: 1896
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- Contributor: Smalls, Robert - Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Smalls, Sarah V.
- Date: 1896
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- Contributor: Smalls, Robert - Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Smalls, Sarah V.
- Date: 1896
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- Contributor: Smalls, Robert - Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Smalls, Sarah V.
- Date: 1896
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- Contributor: Smalls, Robert - Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Smalls, Sarah V.
- Date: 1896
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- Contributor: Smalls, Robert - Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Smalls, Sarah V.
- Date: 1896
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- Contributor: Smalls, Robert - Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Smalls, Sarah V.
- Date: 1896
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- Contributor: Smalls, Robert - Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Smalls, Sarah V.
- Date: 1896
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- Contributor: Smalls, Robert - Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Smalls, Sarah V.
- Date: 1896
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- Contributor: Smalls, Robert - Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Smalls, Sarah V.
- Date: 1896
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- Contributor: Smalls, Robert - Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Smalls, Sarah V.
- Date: 1896
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- Contributor: Smalls, Robert - Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Smalls, Sarah V.
- Date: 1896

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Title: Speeches at the Constitutional Convention
Summary: Smalls was an African American delegate to the South Carolina constitutional convention of 1895. He argued against proposed restrictions on the franchise and against discriminatory provisions on miscegenation and interracial marriages, but lost.
Contributor Names: Smalls, Robert, 1839-1915.; Smalls, Sarah V.; Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
Created / Published: Charleston, S.C. : Enquirer Print ..., 1896.
Subject Headings: - African Americans--Politics and government; - African Americans--Suffrage; - South Carolina.--Constitutional Convention--(1895)
Genre: Addresses--South Carolina--Charleston--1896
Notes: - Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
Medium: 29 p. : 1 port. ; 21 cm.
Call Number/Physical Location: E449 .D16 vol. 17, no. 8
Library of Congress Control Number: 91898223
Language: English
Online Format: image; online text; pdf
Description: Smalls was an African American delegate to the South Carolina constitutional convention of 1895. He argued against proposed restrictions on the franchise and against discriminatory provisions on miscegenation and interracial marriages, but lost.
LCCN Permalink: https://lccn.loc.gov/91898223
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Chicago citation style:

Smalls, Robert, Sarah V Smalls, and Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection. Speeches at the Constitutional Convention. Charleston, S.C.: Enquirer Print, 1896. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/91898223/.

APA citation style:

Smalls, R., Smalls, S. V. & Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection. (1896) Speeches at the Constitutional Convention. Charleston, S.C.: Enquirer Print. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/91898223/.

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Smalls, Robert, Sarah V Smalls, and Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection. Speeches at the Constitutional Convention. Charleston, S.C.: Enquirer Print, 1896. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/91898223/>.

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