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Born: February 1, 1836, Charleston, South Carolina
Died: July 22, 1903, Washington, DC
Secretary of State, South Carolina 1868
Treasurer, South Carolina 1872, 1874, 1876
U.S. Treasury Department 1878
By 1868, he was selected as a delegate to the South Carolina State Constitutional
Convention, where he chaired the education committee. He called for the dissolution of
the plantation system and racially integrated schools.
He became the principal of the Colored Preparatory High School in 1884, was
responsible for introducing a business curriculum, and led the school to become one of
the nation’s leading high schools for Black children.
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ncis-cardozo-1836-1903/)