Report of the Joint Select Committee to Inquire Into the Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States, So Far as Regards the Execution of the Laws, and Safety of the Lives and Property of the Citizens of the United States and Testimony Taken: Testimony taken by the committee (June 6-July 27, 1871) South CarolinaU.S. Government Printing Office, 1872 |
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... election . Question . Since the election it has assumed that form ? Answer . Yes , sir . Question . In what way was it done before that ? Answer . It was a mere matter of threat - electioneering scheme ; putting coffins at men's doors ...
... election . Question . Since the election it has assumed that form ? Answer . Yes , sir . Question . In what way was it done before that ? Answer . It was a mere matter of threat - electioneering scheme ; putting coffins at men's doors ...
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... election ? Answer . Yes , sir . The general election of October , 1870 . Question . I mean the election that took place on the day before the riot , known as the Laurens riot . Answer . Yes , sir . Question . Will you give us something ...
... election ? Answer . Yes , sir . The general election of October , 1870 . Question . I mean the election that took place on the day before the riot , known as the Laurens riot . Answer . Yes , sir . Question . Will you give us something ...
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... election in this State . They went to all these public meetings and were followed by one or two com- panies of black ... election ; that it would not do for the blacks to be defeated ; that their freedom depended on that election ; that ...
... election in this State . They went to all these public meetings and were followed by one or two com- panies of black ... election ; that it would not do for the blacks to be defeated ; that their freedom depended on that election ; that ...
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... election over the whites . I suppose they outnumbered us by , I don't know how many , but there was a very large preponderance of blacks in the village on the day of election . The thing went on pretty well ; the whites were excited ...
... election over the whites . I suppose they outnumbered us by , I don't know how many , but there was a very large preponderance of blacks in the village on the day of election . The thing went on pretty well ; the whites were excited ...
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... election ; is that so ? Answer . I never heard of it . I never heard of their going out regularly for muster and drill ; they never had a field that I ever heard of . The impression on the public mind there was that the whole thing was ...
... election ; is that so ? Answer . I never heard of it . I never heard of their going out regularly for muster and drill ; they never had a field that I ever heard of . The impression on the public mind there was that the whole thing was ...
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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...