Turner Speller

Turner R. Speller of Windsor, North Carolina was a state legislator in North Carolina. He was African American.[1] He represented Bertie County in the North Carolina House of Representatives in 1883.[2]

He was a trustee for a seminary at Plymouth in East Carolina.[3]

See also

African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era

References

Justesen, Benjamin R. (2009). ""The Class of '83": Black Watershed in the North Carolina General Assembly". The North Carolina Historical Review. 86 (3): 282–308. JSTOR 23523861.
Simmons-Henry, Linda; Henry, Philip N.; Speas, Carol (1990). The Heritage of Blacks in North Carolina. ISBN 9780912081120.
Carolina, North (1881). "Laws and Resolutions of the State of North Carolina".

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