Shadow and Light An Autobiography with Reminiscences of the Last and Present Century
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President of National Convention at Nashville, Tenn., in 1876--Pen and Ink Sketch by H. V. Redfield of "Cincinnati Commercial"--Colored Leaders Desire to Fraternize for Race Protection--William H. Grey, H. B. Robinson, and J. H. Johnson, of Arkansas, Leaders and Planters--My Arrival at Little Rock, May, 1871--Reading of Local Statutes in the Law Office of Benjamin & Barnes--"Wheeler & Gibbs," Attorneys-at-Law.