Sancho Saunders
Sancho Saunders | |
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| South Carolina House of Representatives | |
| In office 1868–1870 | |
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| Born | 1805 |
Sancho Saunders (born 1805[1]) was a member of South Carolina's House of Representatives during the Reconstruction era.[2][3] He represented Chester County, South Carolina.[4] He was documented as a literate Baptist minister who was a slave before the American Civil War.[1] He was African American. His photograph was included in a montage of Radical Republican South Carolina legislators.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Holt, Thomas Cleveland (June 11, 1977). Black Over White: Negro Political Leadership in South Carolina During Reconstruction. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 9780252007750 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Members of the 48th General Assembly - 1868 to 1870". .carolana.com. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
- ^ Woodson, Carter Godwin; Logan, Rayford Whittingham (June 11, 1920). "The Journal of Negro History". Association for the Study of Negro Life and History – via Google Books.
- ^ Representatives, South Carolina General Assembly House of (June 11, 1872). "Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of South-Carolina". The State – via Google Books.
- ^ "Radical Members of the South Carolina Legislature" (photograph and description). National Museum of African American History and Culture. Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. 1868. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
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