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Edward P. McCabe petitioned Benjamin Harrison for an opportunity to show him that Black people “are men and women capable of self‑government.” When the president was unmoved, McCabe and his followers went west anyway Edward P. McCabe argued that Black people could not only belong in the new American territorities, but actually be in charge. IllustrationContinue reading “This Visionary African American Politician Dreamed of Creating an All-Black State in Oklahoma Territory”