---
title: 'March 16, 1870 Speech'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Hiram Rhodes Revels'
date: 1870-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'United States'
- 'Citizenship and Government'
- 'Slavery'
scriptures:
- 'Romans 13'
- 'Galatians 3'
- 'Isaiah 1'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/revels-1870-march-16-1870-speech
---

# March 16, 1870 Speech

Record of 1870 Congressional debates on land-patent bills and Reconstruction, featuring Senator Revels' appeal for protection and rights of freedmen and loyal citizens in Georgia.

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