Samuel R. Lowery; [Silk culturist], 1897. African-American preacher and lawyer, first black lawyer to argue a case before the Supreme Court of the USA. Worked for African American industrial education and attempted to establish silk farming in Alabama. From 'The white side of a black subject, enlarged and brought down to date; a vindication of the Afro-American race; from the landing of slaves at St. Augustine, Florida, in 1565, to the present time'.

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