Author: BRUCE, Blanche K. Partially printed document Signed B. Bruce as Recorder of Public Deeds for the District of Columbia. Bruce was the second African-American to serve in the United States Senate after Hiram T. Revels and was the first ex-slave, and the first African-American to serve a full term in the Senate (as well as the last for 85 years until the election of Edward Brooke of Massachusetts in 1966). After his release from slavery he attended Oberlin College and then became a planter in Mississippi. After working his way up through a number of local offices he was elected to the Senate representing Mississippi in 1875 where he was a staunch defender of minorities, including Chinese and Native American. After completing his term in the Senate he served as Register of the U. In 1889 he was appointed by President Benjamin Harrison as Recorder of Deeds for the District, succeeding Frederick Douglass who left to become Minister to Haiti. Today we offer a wide ranging inventory, from Modern First Editions to General Used Books to Rare Archival Collections. We are active members of. Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America (ABAA). International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB). This listing was created by Bibliopolis.
