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Albion W. Tourgée

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American civil rights activist and novelist (1838-1905)

United StatesWritersLived 1838 to 1905 · aged 67
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Albion Winegar Tourgée was an American soldier, lawyer, writer, politician, and diplomat. Wounded in the Civil War, he relocated to North Carolina afterward, where he became involved in Reconstruction activities.

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Historical marker in front of Albion Tourgée's boyhood home near Kingsville, Ohio; marker placed in May 2015.Historical marker in front of Albion Tourgée's boyhood home near Kingsville, Ohio; marker placed in May 2015.On the left: Lt. Albion W Tourgée, 105th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in 1863On the left: Lt. Albion W Tourgée, 105th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in 1863The house in Mayville, New York, where Tourgée lived from 1881 until his posting to the French consulate in 1900.The house in Mayville, New York, where Tourgée lived from 1881 until his posting to the French consulate in 1900.

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Albion Winegar Tourgée was an American soldier, lawyer, writer, politician, and diplomat. Wounded in the Civil War, he relocated to North Carolina afterward, where he became involved in Reconstruction activities. He served as a delegate to the state constitutional convention in 1868 and served six years as a judge on the Superior Court. Tourgée was also a pioneer civil rights activist who founded the National Citizens' Rights Association and Bennett College as a normal school for freedmen in North Carolina - it has been a women's college since 1926. Tourgée represented Tabitha Ann Holton in her case before the Supreme Court of North Carolina; she applied for and became the first female lawyer in North Carolina and in the Southern United States.

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Lived 1838 to 1905 · aged 67
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