Colquitt, Alfred Holt, 1824-1894
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1824 - 1894
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Alfred Colquitt gubernatorial primary flyer
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS975f
Scope and Contents
This political flyer is from the first Georgia gubernatorial primary after the state ratified a new post-Reconstruction constitution in 1877. In it, "colored men interested in the welfare of their race" urge Black Georgians to vote for Alfred Colquitt (1824-1894) over Thomas Norwood (1830-1913) because "Governor Colquitt is the first Democratic Governor that has ever given the colored people their full rights in Georgia." Colquitt, the incumbent and Democratic nominee, ultimately won the...
Dates:
approximately 1880
Zadok D. Harrison scrapbook
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS283
Scope and Content
This collection consists of a single scrapbook that includes newspaper clippings and photographs pertaining to the Harrison family and Atlanta events.
Dates:
1878-1930, undated