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The Legislature, which was elected under the Constitution framed and supported by colored men, declared that a man having more than an eighth of African blood in his veins was ineligible to office or a seat in the Legislature of the State of Georgia.
— Hiram Rhodes Revels
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We are in the midst of an exciting canvass... I am working very hard in politics as well as in other matters. We are determined that Mississippi shall be settled on a basis of justice and political and legal equality.
— Hiram Rhodes Revels
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I got colored mechanics in the United States Navy Yard for the first time.
— Hiram Rhodes Revels
Tags: got, navy, first, first-time, time
Have the colored people done anything to justify the prejudice against them that does exist in the hearts of so many white persons and, generally, of one great political party in this country? Have they done anything to justify it? No, sir.
— Hiram Rhodes Revels
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I sedulously refrained from doing anything that would incite slaves to run away from their masters.
— Hiram Rhodes Revels
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I was imprisoned in Missouri in 1854 for preaching the gospel to Negroes, though I was never subjected to violence.
— Hiram Rhodes Revels
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