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This section provides brief biographies of the delegates 1871 convention in South Carolina<\/a>, who hailed from all over the South. Some of the delegates in this convention later organized and attended the 1884 State Conference of Colored Men of Florida. Coverage of the Colored Men\u2019s Convention in Mobile, Alabama, 1865, appears in the New Orleans Tribune<\/em> and the Chicago Tribune<\/em> providing more information about the many delegates who attended both the South Carolina and Alabama conventions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00bb The names of the delegates are listed below, and their biographies, if available, are listed under the state they represented. Click on the state name to be taken to that page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Alabama<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

James T. Rapier<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arkansas<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

John H. Johnson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Florida<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Jonathan C. Gibbs<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Josiah T. Walls<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Georgia<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Edwin Belcher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Charles L. Bradwell<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tunis G. Campbell<\/p>\n\n\n\n

John H. Deveaux<\/p>\n\n\n\n

William A. Golden<\/p>\n\n\n\n

William H. Harrison<\/p>\n\n\n\n

John McCluskey<\/p>\n\n\n\n

William Henry Noble<\/p>\n\n\n\n

John F. Quarles<\/p>\n\n\n\n

James Merilus Simms<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Henry McNeal Turner<\/p>\n\n\n\n

L. W. West<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Louisiana<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Felix. C. Antoine<\/p>\n\n\n\n

J. Henri Burch<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Edward Butler<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Edgar Davis<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Benjamin Geddis<\/p>\n\n\n\n

W. G. Johnson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

George E. Paris<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maryland<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Isaac Myers<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mississippi<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

S. H. Scott<\/p>\n\n\n\n

North Carolina<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Thomas A. Sykes<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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South Carolina<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Benjamin A. Boseman<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Richard H. Cain<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wilson Cooke<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Robert Brown Elliott<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Henry E. Hayne<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Samuel J. Lee<\/p>\n\n\n\n

William Beverly Nash<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joseph H. Rainey<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alonzo J. Ransier<\/p>\n\n\n\n

William J. Whipper<\/p>\n\n\n\n

John White<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Frank Williamson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tennessee<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Andrew J. Flowers<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Texas<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Richard Allen<\/p>\n\n\n\n

J. DeBruhl<\/p>\n\n\n\n

James Green<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Richard Nelson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

David G. Scott<\/p>\n\n\n\n

J. H. Townsend<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Credits<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Written by <\/strong>Samantha de Vera<\/a>, University of California, San Diego.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Edited by<\/strong> P. Gabrielle Foreman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Acknowledgements: <\/strong>Samantha de Vera and Michelle Byrnes for further edits, visualization contributions, and technical assistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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