Speech by Judge T.T. Allington and Neander Rice

This is a newspaper account of a speech given by Alabama Secretary of State Neander Rice, to a group of black and white citizens at Brandon's Mills. Florence historian Lee Freeman notes that: "Thomas Taylor Allington (1810-1882) was a Unionist during the Civil War, a Republican and proba...

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Format: Electronic
Published: Project Say Something: The Shoals Black History Collection
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Online Access:https://shoalsblackhistory.omeka.net/items/show/359
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Summary:This is a newspaper account of a speech given by Alabama Secretary of State Neander Rice, to a group of black and white citizens at Brandon's Mills. Florence historian Lee Freeman notes that: "Thomas Taylor Allington (1810-1882) was a Unionist during the Civil War, a Republican and probate judge of Lauderdale while Neander H. Rice was a Unionist, Republican, former two-term mayor of Florence (1869-1870; 1871-1873) and former AL Secretary of State (1873-1875)."