The Georgia Baptist

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a lawyer of high legal ability. Shorty

after his admission to practice in the

Supreme Court of the United States, he

was elected to a professorship in and

Dean of the Law Departmentof Howard

University. In 1877 he was appointed

by President Hayes United States Minis

ter resident and Cunsul-Geiiaful to Hayti

where he remained eight ye^& During

his career, Langston amassed consider

able wealth—estimat $200,000. But

the positions which he held were so

varied and important that it is rather

difficult to determine from what partic

ular. if any individual, source he accu

mulated most of his wealth.

For many years Richard T. Greener

occupied an important place as a lawlcr

of ability and standing. He has been

counsel in more cases which have at

tracted national attention than any ot

her Negro lawyer,— both by reason of

the eminence of the lawyers associated

with or arrayed against him, and by

reason of the gravity and importance of

the case under trial. He was associated

with the Hon. Jeremiah Wilson for the

defendant in the famous extradition

case of Samuel L. Perry whose return

for trial had been demanded by the

Governor of North Carolina on a pre

tended charge of forgery, and whose

prosecution was conducted by R. T.

Merrick, one of the ablest and most

profound lawyers of this Country. His

association with Martin I. Townsend,

United States District Attorney, in the

case of Cadet Whittaker, in 1880, is well

known; and his subsequent association

with ex-Governcr Daniel L. Chamber

lin in the defense of Whittaker, in 1881,

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The Georgia Baptist. (1900). Augusta, GA., 1900-10-11. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn90052131/1900-10-11/ed-1/?sp=1

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The Georgia Baptist, 1900-10-11.