A Black Senator from Mississippi
Blanche K. Bruce (1841–1898)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10434239 |
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| Authors | Samuel Shapiro (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1982 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 83-109 |
| Publication date | 1982-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Review of Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-6705 • E-ISSN: 1748-6858 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0034670500046441 |
| OpenAlex | W1989700631 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
Although born a slave and held in bondage until past his twenty-first birthday, Blanche K. Bruce escaped the worst cruelties of the Peculiar Institutions. He was born in a slave cabin near Farmville, the county seat of Prince Edward County, Virginia, on 1 March 1841. Youngest of eleven children born to his slave mother Polly, Bruce was an octoroon or quadroon, with light skin and Caucasian features; his father's name and race, however, are apparently unknown
Art · Art history · Genealogy · Race (biology · Sociology · Gender Studies · History · Race, History, and American Society
| Highly cited | No |
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