Subjects – Elliott, Robert
Representative Robert Elliott of South Carolina
August 11, 1842
On this date, African-American Representative Robert Elliott of South Carolina was likely born to West Indian parents in Liverpool, England.
South Carolina Representative Robert Elliott’s rousing oratory
January 06, 1874
On this date, Representative Robert Elliott of South Carolina, one of seven African-American Members of the 43rd Congress (1873–1875), delivered his famous rebuttal to an address made by U.S. Representative Alexander Stephens of Georgia, the former Vice President of the Confederacy.
Representative Robert De Large of South Carolina
February 14, 1874
Representative Robert De Large of South Carolina—one of nearly two dozen African Americans to serve in Congress during the Reconstruction Era—died on this date.