Richard Burke (Alabama politician)
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Richard Burke (Alabama politician)
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Richard Burke was a Baptist preacher and state representative in Alabama. He was involved in the Union League. A few nights after a political meeting of African Americans, he was murdered. In Sumter County numerous African American Union League members were shot. Burke was born in Virginia. Burke established a school for African Americans in Sumter County, Alabama and represented the county in the Alabama House of Representatives in 1869 and 1870. Turner Reavis owned Burke when he was enslaved a
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Alabama state representative
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2024-04-22T20:40:59Z
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