Former Congresswoman Val Demings

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Former Congresswoman Val Demings @RepValDemings

The slave owner started a smear campaign. Josiah, the former slave, wasn't "educated enough" to serve in Congress, he argued. Josiah's response? He challenged him to a debate. The campaign raged on. Josiah was holding strong. They tried to kill him. On election day, he won. https://t.co/TF88DCy9YL — PolitiTweet.org

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Former Congresswoman Val Demings @RepValDemings

The Ku Klux Klan began a campaign of terrorism against freed Blacks in Florida. Josiah, already a community leader, was unafraid. At the urging of his party, he ran for Congress. His opponent? A former slave owner and a Confederate army veteran. — PolitiTweet.org

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Representative Josiah Thomas Walls became Florida's first Black Member of Congress. Over the course of his career, "challenges" by his white opponents would lead to him being removed from his rightfully-won seat TWICE. But voters kept electing him. — PolitiTweet.org

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