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Robert Brown Elliott was a lawyer, activist and politician

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Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited the story. Frederick Douglass called Robert Brown Elliott “a most grateful surprise, and, in fact, a marvel.” He praised South Carolina’s first Black congressman as proof of the intellectual and political leadership of Black Americans during Reconstruction.  Elliott spent his final years practicing law in New Orleans. Born in 1842, Elliott was born in either Liverpool, Engla…

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Verite broke the news on Friday, July 10, 2026.
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