Turner Speller

Turner R. Speller was an American politician from Windsor, North Carolina, who was a state legislator in North Carolina. He was African American. He represented Bertie County in the North Carolina House of Representatives in 1883.

He was a trustee for a seminary at Plymouth in East Carolina.

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References

  1. ↑ Justesen, Benjamin R. (2009). ""The Class of '83": Black Watershed in the North Carolina General Assembly". The North Carolina Historical Review. 86 (3): 282–308. JSTOR 23523861.
  2. ↑ Simmons-Henry, Linda; Henry, Philip N.; Speas, Carol (1990). The Heritage of Blacks in North Carolina. ISBN 9780912081120.
  3. ↑ Carolina, North (1881). "Laws and Resolutions of the State of North Carolina".