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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The First Colored Senator and Representatives]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[African Americans]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[United States. Congress]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[De Large, Robert C.]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Long, Jefferson H.]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Revels, Hiram Rhoades, 1827?-1901]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Turner, Benjamin S.]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Walls, Josiah T.]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Rainy, Joseph H.]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Elliott, Robert Brown, 1842-1884]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[United States. Congress. Senate]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[During Reconstruction, these men were the first African Americans to serve in the U.S. Congress, House and Senate: (top left) Robert C. De Large, M.C. of S. Carolina; (top right) Jefferson H. Long, M.C. of Georgia; (bottom left) U.S. Senator, Hiram R. Revels, of Mississippi; (bottom, second from left) Benjamin S. Turner, M.C. of Alabama; (bottom, third from left) Josiah T. Walls, M.C. of Florida; (bottom, fourth from left) Joseph H. Rainy, M.C. of S. Carolina; (bottom right) Robert B. Elliott.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Currier &amp; Ives]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1872-XX-XX]]></dcterms:date>
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    <dcterms:language><![CDATA[en]]></dcterms:language>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[401380]]></dcterms:identifier>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[Colored Representatives]]></dcterms:identifier>
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