Samuel R. Lowery; [Silk culturist], 1897. African-American preacher and lawyer, first black lawyer to argue a case before the Supreme Court of the USA. Worked for African American industrial education and attempted to establish silk farming in Alabama. From 'The white side of a black subject, enlarged and brought down to date; a vindication of the Afro-American race; from the landing of slaves at St. Augustine, Florida, in 1565, to the present time'.
![Samuel R. Lowery; [Silk culturist], 1897. African-American preacher and lawyer, first black lawyer to argue a case before the Supreme Court of the USA. Worked for African American industrial education and attempted to establish silk farming in Alabama. From 'The white side of a black subject, enlarged and brought down to date; a vindication of the Afro-American race; from the landing of slaves at St. Augustine, Florida, in 1565, to the present time'. Stock Photo](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2MBH5ER/samuel-r-lowery-silk-culturist-1897-african-american-preacher-and-lawyer-first-black-lawyer-to-argue-a-case-before-the-supreme-court-of-the-usa-worked-for-african-american-industrial-education-and-attempted-to-establish-silk-farming-in-alabama-from-the-white-side-of-a-black-subject-enlarged-and-brought-down-to-date-a-vindication-of-the-afro-american-race-from-the-landing-of-slaves-at-st-augustine-florida-in-1565-to-the-present-time-2MBH5ER.jpg)
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