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Person · 1842–1874

Robert C. De Large

South Carolina congressman and delegate to the state's 1868 constitutional convention.

A delegate of [[reconstruction-politics]].

Robert De Large helped write South Carolina's democratic 1868 constitution and served in Congress until a contested election cut short his brief, intense career.

Reconstruction & Black Political Power

On the timeline

  1. January 14, 1868
    South Carolina's Black-majority convention

    For the first time, a Black-majority convention (73 of 124 delegates) writes a state constitution — among the most democratic of its day.

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