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By Craig Swain, January 12, 2008
John Mercer Langston Birthplace Marker
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1 ► Virginia, Louisa County, Louisa — W-222 — John Mercer Langston Birthplace —  |
| John Mercer Langston was born 5.5 miles N.W. of here on 14 Dec. 1829, son of plantation owner Ralph Quarles and his former slave Lucy Langston. A graduate of Oberlin College (1849), in 1855 Langston became township clerk of Brownheim, Ohio - the . . . — — Map (db m41698) HM | |||
| 2 ► Virginia, Prince Edward County, Green Bay — M-35 — Blanche Kelso Bruce — |
| Blanche Kelso Bruce, African American political leader, was born into slavery south of here on 1 Mar. 1841. He grew up in Virginia, Mississippi, and Missouri before escaping slavery during the Civil War. In 1869 Bruce moved back to Mississippi and . . . — — Map (db m41699) HM | |||