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Black Office-Holders in State Government
Allowed to vote, African Americans elected about 100 black representatives to the Virginia General Assembly between 1869 and 1890. Most were members of Abraham Lincoln's Republican Party, which had championed the end of slavery. Notable among them were Dr. Daniel M. Norton, a physician and political leader in Hampton, and Edward David Bland of Prince George, who allied with the integrated Readjuster Party. |