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Gibbes, James Guignard, 1829-1903 "Radical Members of the So. Ca. Legislature"

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09827 Author/Creator: Gibbes, James Guignard, 1829-1903 Place Written: South Carolina Type: Cabinet Card Date: 1876 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 16.6 cm, Width: 10.8 cm Order a Copy

One cabinet card entitled, "Radical Members of the So. Ca. Legislature," dated 1876. Features portraits of 63 members of the South Carolina Legislature during Reconstruction which includes elected African Americans. On the reverse side are the names of the members.

Gibbes, James Guignard, 1829-1903

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