John Mercer Langston

1829 – 1897

• A speech on "Equality before the law"
• Emancipation and enfranchisement
• Freedom and citizenship
• From the Virginia plantation to the National Capitol
• From the Virginia plantation to the national capitol, or, The first and only Negro representative in Congress from the Old Dominion
• The exodus
• John Mercer Langston
• The national elections bill
• The other phase of reconstruction
• The world's anti-slavery movement, its heroes and its triumphs
• [Letter to] Dear Sir