From the Virginia plantation to the national capitol; or, The first and only Negro representative in Congress from the Old Dominion

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From the Virginia plantation to the national capitol; or, The first and only Negro representative in Congress from the Old Dominion

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This digital compilation was developed in support of the NYPL website, "The African American Migration Experience," a sweeping 500-year historical narrative from the transatlantic slave trade to the Western migration, the colonization movement, the Great Migration, and the contemporary immigration of Caribbeans, Haitians, and sub-Saharan Africans.

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NYPL. "In Motion: The African-American Migration Experience."(2005) <http://www.inmotionaame.org>

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Names: Langston, John Mercer, 1829-1897 (Author)
Dates / Origin: Date Issued: 1894; Place: Hartford, Conn.; Publisher: American Publishing Company
Library locations: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division; Shelf locator: Sc Rare B-Langston (Langston, J. M. From the Virginia plantation to the national capitol)
Topics: African Americans -- Politics and government
Genres: Illustrations
Physical Description: Extent: X, 534 p. illus., ports. 23 cm.; Engravings
Type of Resource: Still image
Identifiers: RLIN/OCLC: NYPGR5356972-B; NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11769966; Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): c3099e00-c624-012f-7368-58d385a7bc34