Book/Printed Material Speeches at the Constitutional Convention
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Image 1 of Speeches at the Constitutional Convention- Contributor: Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Smalls, Robert - Smalls, Sarah V.
- Date: 1896
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Image 2 of Speeches at the Constitutional Convention- Contributor: Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Smalls, Robert - Smalls, Sarah V.
- Date: 1896
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Image 3 of Speeches at the Constitutional Convention- Contributor: Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Smalls, Robert - Smalls, Sarah V.
- Date: 1896
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Image 4 of Speeches at the Constitutional Convention- Contributor: Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Smalls, Robert - Smalls, Sarah V.
- Date: 1896
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Image 5 of Speeches at the Constitutional Convention X 3 3 EEC ZEE IB AT THE BY GEN ROBT SMALLS WITH THE M1IW m UFFMAM PASSED BY THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION COMPILED BY MISS SARAH Y SMALLS ENQUIRER PRINT 425 KINOSTREET…- Contributor: Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Smalls, Robert - Smalls, Sarah V.
- Date: 1896
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Image 6 of Speeches at the Constitutional Convention- Contributor: Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Smalls, Robert - Smalls, Sarah V.
- Date: 1896
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Image 7 of Speeches at the Constitutional Convention Introduction Months previous to the time that the recent Constitutional Convention met Conservatives and Reformers announced publicly their intention to disfranchise the Negro in South Carolina For this pamphlet such portions of…- Contributor: Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Smalls, Robert - Smalls, Sarah V.
- Date: 1896
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Image 8 of Speeches at the Constitutional Convention I Plan of Suffrage The following plan of suffrage was introduced by Hon Robert Smalls and referred to the suffrage committee which reported it unfavorably notwithstanding that he went before the committee…- Contributor: Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Smalls, Robert - Smalls, Sarah V.
- Date: 1896
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Image 9 of Speeches at the Constitutional Convention 5 Sec 5 No soldier seaman or marine in the army or navy of the United States shall be deemed a resident of this State in consequence of having been stationed therein…- Contributor: Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Smalls, Robert - Smalls, Sarah V.
- Date: 1896
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Image 10 of Speeches at the Constitutional Convention 6 are such that I have made up my mind to make a shoit speech on the general bill and content myself with the vote I will cast on the amendments and…- Contributor: Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Smalls, Robert - Smalls, Sarah V.
- Date: 1896
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Image 11 of Speeches at the Constitutional Convention 7 tion Remember that the Negro was not brought here of his own accord I found by reference to a history in the Con gressional Library in Washington written by Neil that…- Contributor: Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Smalls, Robert - Smalls, Sarah V.
- Date: 1896
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Image 12 of Speeches at the Constitutional Convention 3 Constitution tbit will stand the test I hope that we miy be able to say when our work is done that we have made as good a Constitution as the one…- Contributor: Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Smalls, Robert - Smalls, Sarah V.
- Date: 1896
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Image 13 of Speeches at the Constitutional Convention 9 body such a provision in the election law would be to mean that every white man would interpret it aright and very Negro would interpret it wrong I appeal to the…- Contributor: Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Smalls, Robert - Smalls, Sarah V.
- Date: 1896
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Image 14 of Speeches at the Constitutional Convention IO by the committee on suffrage you will fool nobody for every person in the nation has been informed of your speeches on the stump and you will not be able to…- Contributor: Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Smalls, Robert - Smalls, Sarah V.
- Date: 1896
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Image 15 of Speeches at the Constitutional Convention suffrage plan is proposed to give him Again the other day in this Convention I heard him make a very eloquent speech on the township government bill but before he got through…- Contributor: Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Smalls, Robert - Smalls, Sarah V.
- Date: 1896
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Image 16 of Speeches at the Constitutional Convention 12 and elections shall never be held or the ballots counted in secret Sec 2 livery qualified elector shall be eligible to any ofifice to be voted for unless disqualified by age…- Contributor: Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Smalls, Robert - Smalls, Sarah V.
- Date: 1896
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Image 17 of Speeches at the Constitutional Convention cate of the clerk of court or Secretary of State shall be sufficient evidence to establish the right of said citizens to any subsequent registration and the franchise under the limitations herein…- Contributor: Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Smalls, Robert - Smalls, Sarah V.
- Date: 1896
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Image 18 of Speeches at the Constitutional Convention M or money under false pretenses perjury forgery robbery bri bery adultery bigamy wifebeating housebreaking receiv ing stolen goods breach of trust with fraudulent intent for nication sodomy incest assault with intent…- Contributor: Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Smalls, Robert - Smalls, Sarah V.
- Date: 1896
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Image 19 of Speeches at the Constitutional Convention i own precinct but provision shall be made for his transfer to another precinct upon his change of residence Sec 10 The general assembly shall provide by law for the regulation of…- Contributor: Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Smalls, Robert - Smalls, Sarah V.
- Date: 1896
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Image 20 of Speeches at the Constitutional Convention i6 Sec 14 Electors shall in all cases except treason felony or breach of peace be privileged from arrest on the days of election during their attendance at the polls and going…- Contributor: Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Smalls, Robert - Smalls, Sarah V.
- Date: 1896
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Image 21 of Speeches at the Constitutional Convention 17 actions unless you adopt my amendment prohibiting the cohabitation of the white men with the Negro women Mr President and gentlemen of this Convention let me give yo u a little…- Contributor: Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Smalls, Robert - Smalls, Sarah V.
- Date: 1896
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Image 22 of Speeches at the Constitutional Convention i8 order that they may pass a law or laws that will make you as pure as they are We have sir as pure colored women in South Carolina and in this…- Contributor: Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Smalls, Robert - Smalls, Sarah V.
- Date: 1896
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Image 23 of Speeches at the Constitutional Convention 19 The gentleman called me to order stating that I had re flected on the Convention I do not wish to reflect on the Convention I do not wish to reflect on…- Contributor: Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Smalls, Robert - Smalls, Sarah V.
- Date: 1896
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Image 24 of Speeches at the Constitutional Convention The following is clipped from Section 6 on Education There are in this State several thousand soldiers who fought for the perpetuity of the Union yet they are compelled to pay the…- Contributor: Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Smalls, Robert - Smalls, Sarah V.
- Date: 1896
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Image 25 of Speeches at the Constitutional Convention 21 mentary minority than that gained on Thursday in the South Carolina Constitutional Convention by the representatives of the race about to be disfranchised for lack of intelligence wherewith to vote In…- Contributor: Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Smalls, Robert - Smalls, Sarah V.
- Date: 1896
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Image 26 of Speeches at the Constitutional Convention 22 The burst of laughter which followed this threw an in teresting light on the morals and manners of South Carolina It showed the state of civilization depicted in Tom Jones A…- Contributor: Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Smalls, Robert - Smalls, Sarah V.
- Date: 1896
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Image 27 of Speeches at the Constitutional Convention 23 such persons should be disqualified from holding office of emolument or trust in this State and the offspring of such living or cohabiting shall bear the name of the father but…- Contributor: Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Smalls, Robert - Smalls, Sarah V.
- Date: 1896
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Image 28 of Speeches at the Constitutional Convention 24 LETTERS OF CONGRATULATION 2121 North 29TH Street Philadelphia October 30 1895 j Gen Robert Smalls Columbia S C My Dear GeneralI am very desirous of procuring a copy of each one…- Contributor: Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Smalls, Robert - Smalls, Sarah V.
- Date: 1896
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Image 29 of Speeches at the Constitutional Convention 25 t air and honest elections You all did credit to your race to the Republican party and as I hope and believe to the cause of justice for I have no…- Contributor: Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Smalls, Robert - Smalls, Sarah V.
- Date: 1896
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Image 30 of Speeches at the Constitutional Convention 26 importance of its influence to Uncle Toms Cabin because of its opportuneness No occasion could have occurrednone can again occurwhen that truth wrapped up in the words of your amendment could…- Contributor: Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Smalls, Robert - Smalls, Sarah V.
- Date: 1896
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Image 31 of Speeches at the Constitutional Convention 27 show at all in any of the elections held in the State but of the possibility of the Negro uniting with the conservative Democratic faction and thus oust from place and…- Contributor: Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Smalls, Robert - Smalls, Sarah V.
- Date: 1896
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Image 32 of Speeches at the Constitutional Convention 28 considerable part of them uniting with the Conservatives would make that faction master of the situation and that is what Tillman wants to prevent He has thus far hypnotized the whites…- Contributor: Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Smalls, Robert - Smalls, Sarah V.
- Date: 1896
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Image 33 of Speeches at the Constitutional Convention 2 9 of election officers all of whom are members of one party and of the same faction are construed to mean one thing to one set of voters and another thing…- Contributor: Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Smalls, Robert - Smalls, Sarah V.
- Date: 1896
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Image 34 of Speeches at the Constitutional Convention- Contributor: Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Smalls, Robert - Smalls, Sarah V.
- Date: 1896
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Image 35 of Speeches at the Constitutional Convention- Contributor: Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Smalls, Robert - Smalls, Sarah V.
- Date: 1896
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Image 36 of Speeches at the Constitutional Convention- Contributor: Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Smalls, Robert - Smalls, Sarah V.
- Date: 1896
About this Item
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 interracial marriages, but lost.
Names
- Smalls, Robert, 1839-1915
- Smalls, Sarah V.
- Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
Created / Published
- Charleston, S.C. : Enquirer Print ..., 1896.
Headings
- - African Americans--Politics and government
- - African Americans--Suffrage
- - South Carolina.--Constitutional Convention--(1895)
Genre
- Addresses--South Carolina--Charleston--1896
Medium
- 29 p. : 1 port. ; 21 cm.
Call Number/Physical Location
- E449 .D16 vol. 17, no. 8
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 91898223
Online Format
- image
- online text