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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

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Subject
African Americans -- Politics and government 1
African Americans -- Suffrage 1
Associations, institutions, etc. -- United States 1
Elections -- Georgia 1
Georgia -- Politics and government 1