Excerpts from "In Search of the Promised Land: A Slave Family in the Old South" by John Hope Franklin and Loren Schweninger.

Excerpts from "In Search of the Promised Land: A Slave Family in the Old South" by John Hope Franklin and Loren Schweninger.

The passages describe the lives and contributions of three freedmen of the Rapier family. John H. Rapier, Jr., was a physician at the Freedmen's Hospital in Washington, D.C. John H. Rapier, Sr., a barber in Florence, Alabama, served as a voter registrar for Lauderdale County. James T. Rapier re...

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Excerpts from "In Search of the Promised Land: A Slave Family in the Old South" by John Hope Franklin and Loren Schweninger.
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Rapier, James T., 1839-1883; Rapier, John H., Jr.; Rapier, John H., Sr.; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Politics and government--Alabama; Alabama--Politics and government--1865-1950; Alabama--Race relations; Freed persons--Alabama; Ku Klux Klan (19th cent.)--Alabama; Legislation--Alabama; Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Alabama; Republican Party (Ala.); Voter registration--Alabama; Lauderdale County (Ala.)
description The passages describe the lives and contributions of three freedmen of the Rapier family. John H. Rapier, Jr., was a physician at the Freedmen's Hospital in Washington, D.C. John H. Rapier, Sr., a barber in Florence, Alabama, served as a voter registrar for Lauderdale County. James T. Rapier returned to Alabama after the Civil War and fought for the rights of African Americans, despite threats from the Ku Klux Klan and other opponents; he served in the United States House of Representatives from 1873 to 1875.
spelling Q0000012674 - Q0000012680Q12674 - Q12680Excerpts from "In Search of the Promised Land: A Slave Family in the Old South" by John Hope Franklin and Loren Schweninger.The passages describe the lives and contributions of three freedmen of the Rapier family. John H. Rapier, Jr., was a physician at the Freedmen's Hospital in Washington, D.C. John H. Rapier, Sr., a barber in Florence, Alabama, served as a voter registrar for Lauderdale County. James T. Rapier returned to Alabama after the Civil War and fought for the rights of African Americans, despite threats from the Ku Klux Klan and other opponents; he served in the United States House of Representatives from 1873 to 1875.20062006-00-001860-1869; 1870-1879; 1880-1889Rapier, James T., 1839-1883; Rapier, John H., Jr.; Rapier, John H., Sr.; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; African Americans--Politics and government--Alabama; Alabama--Politics and government--1865-1950; Alabama--Race relations; Freed persons--Alabama; Ku Klux Klan (19th cent.)--Alabama; Legislation--Alabama; Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Alabama; Republican Party (Ala.); Voter registration--Alabama; Lauderdale County (Ala.)TextBooksFranklin, John Hope, and Loren SchweningerIn Search of the Promised Land: A Slave Family in the Old SouthE444 .F825 2006v32049Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130EnglishThis material may be protected under U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S. Code) which governs the making of photocopies or reproductions of copyrighted materials. You may use the digitized material for private study, scholarship, or research. Though ADAH has physical ownership of the material in its collections, in some cases we may not own the copyright to the material. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in our collections.;600 PPI TIFFhttp://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/voices/id/1798
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