Robert b elliott accomplishments

It is believed that Elliott was born in England on August 11, , but he claimed to have been born in Boston and educated in England. The claim that he graduated from Eton College cannot be verified. Nonetheless Brown was both articulate and literate. Arriving in Charleston in he first worked for the South Carolina Leader, a black owned newspaper.

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By he was admitted to the South Carolina bar and soon entered into law practice with William Whipper in Charleston. He would practice across the state and enjoyed great success as a criminal defense lawyer. He served as a delegate to the State Constitutional Convention where he was one of the strongest advocates for universal manhood suffrage.

Legal historian James L. Service in the legislature was not without peril. During the fall campaign of a number of black and white Republicans were murdered. Elliott served on a legislative committee to investigate the crimes. Randolph, the legislature held a memorial service where Elliott was one of the speakers. We can do no more now than pay a fitting tribute to his memory.

Let us dedicate our lives to the carrying out of those principles which he maintained. Let us in the presence of God, resolve that, though we may suffer, we will never recede from them. Despite the violence, the depressed economic conditions, and the divisions within the Republican Party throughout Reconstruction, the impact of black lawmakers like Elliott was enormous.

They helped transform the state as they made civil rights paramount on their agenda.