TESTIMONY TAKEN BY THE JOINT SELECT COMMITTEE TO INQUIRE INTO THE CONDITION O AFFAIRS IN THE LATE INSURRECTIONARY STATES. |
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That was a majority of nearly three thousand colored ? Answer . Yes , sir .
Question . The foreign population is ... You say the lines were drawn on color ,
and a few whites went with the blacks ? Answer . Yes , sir ; but this movement
had been ...
That was a majority of nearly three thousand colored ? Answer . Yes , sir .
Question . The foreign population is ... You say the lines were drawn on color ,
and a few whites went with the blacks ? Answer . Yes , sir ; but this movement
had been ...
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I think so , because I was requested by the colored people to act as their
secretary ; and they called upon these commissioners to resign . Question .
Which commissioners ? Answer . The county commissioners . Two colored men
were elected ...
I think so , because I was requested by the colored people to act as their
secretary ; and they called upon these commissioners to resign . Question .
Which commissioners ? Answer . The county commissioners . Two colored men
were elected ...
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He thought that all corrupt legislation and incompetency should be met by an
action under the law in the court - house , and concluded by earnestly hoping that
not one colored person present would vote for the resolution . “ No other colored
...
He thought that all corrupt legislation and incompetency should be met by an
action under the law in the court - house , and concluded by earnestly hoping that
not one colored person present would vote for the resolution . “ No other colored
...
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This public meeting you have spoken of was the final meeting held by the colored
people ? Answer . Yes , sir . The second meeting was the final meeting . Question
. On Saturday before that there had been a meeting of the whites , had there ...
This public meeting you have spoken of was the final meeting held by the colored
people ? Answer . Yes , sir . The second meeting was the final meeting . Question
. On Saturday before that there had been a meeting of the whites , had there ...
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house at Yorkville at the above - stated time , and to invite all other colored
persons to attend the meeting who can possibly leave their business . " On
motion , the white citizens having colored laborers in their employ were
reqnested to extend ...
house at Yorkville at the above - stated time , and to invite all other colored
persons to attend the meeting who can possibly leave their business . " On
motion , the white citizens having colored laborers in their employ were
reqnested to extend ...
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Página 1659 - ... any right or privilege so secured, they shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars and imprisoned not more than ten years; and shall, moreover, be thereafter ineligible to any office, or place of honor, profit, or trust created by the constitution or laws of the United States.
Página 1658 - An act to enforce the rights of citizens of the United States to vote in the several States of this Union, and for other purposes,' " or any acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto.
Página 1338 - Sec. 103. No witness is privileged to refuse to testify to any fact, or to produce any paper, respecting which he shall be examined by either house of congress, or by any committee of either house, upon the ground that his testimony to such fact or his production of such paper may tend to disgrace him or otherwise render him infamous.
Página 1634 - That if two or more persons shall band or conspire together, or go in disguise upon the public highway, or upon the premises of another, with intent to violate any provision of this act, or to injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidate any citizen with intent to prevent or hinder his free exercise and enjoyment of any right or privilege granted or secured to him by the Constitution or laws of the United States...
Página 1620 - ... impeding, hindering, obstructing, or defeating, in any manner, the due course of justice in any State or Territory, with intent to deny to any citizen the equal protection of the laws, or to injure him or his property for lawfully enforcing, or attempting to enforce, the right of any person, or class of persons, to the equal protection of the laws ; (3) Depriving persons of rights or privileges.
Página 1555 - Columbia, laborer, not having the fear of God before his eyes, but being moved and seduced by the instigation of the devil...
Página 1638 - That if any person, by force, bribery, threats, intimidation, or other unlawful means, shall hinder, delay, prevent, or obstruct, or shall combine and confederate with others to hinder, delay, prevent, or obstruct, any citizen from doing any act required to be done to qualify him to vote or from voting at any election...
Página 1634 - States, or because of his having exercised the same, such persons shall be held guilty of felony, and, on conviction thereof, shall be fined or imprisoned, or both, at the discretion of the court — the fine not to exceed five...
Página 1827 - I [name], before the immaculate Judge of Heaven and earth, and upon the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God, do, of my own free will and accord, subscribe to the following sacredly binding obligation: 1. We are on the side of justice, humanity, and constitutional liberty, as bequeathed to us in its purity by our forefathers.
Página 1619 - If two or more persons in any State or Territory conspire or go in disguise on the highway or on the premises of another, for the purpose of depriving, either directly or indirectly, any person or class of persons of the equal protection of the laws, or of equal privileges and immunities under the laws...