J. H. Johnson
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J. H. Johnson was a state legislator in Mississippi. He represented De Soto County, Mississippi in the Mississippi House of Representatives.[1]
He was an abolitionist from Ohio who assisted people in their escape from slavery. He served as a trustee of a normal school in Holly Springs, Mississippi.[2]
He studied at Oberlin College.[2]He attended a colored convention in 1872.[3] He was described as short, very stout, and as having one-half Anglo-Saxon blood.[4] He proposed a bill to establish a female normal school in Hillsboro, Mississippi.[5] He was a Republican.[6][7]
References
- ↑ Sewell, George A.; Dwight, Margaret L. (November 28, 1984). "Mississippi Black History Makers". Univ. Press of Mississippi – via Google Books.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "J. H. Johnson (DeSoto County) · Against All Odds: The First Black Legislators in Mississippi · Mississippi State University Libraries". msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com.
- ↑ "Times-Picayune clipping". April 12, 1872.
- ↑ Era, New National (March 27, 1873). "New National Era clipping".
- ↑ "Weekly Mississippi Pilot clipping". March 13, 1875.
- ↑ "Daily Mississippi Pilot clipping". August 1, 1875.
- ↑ "Daily Mississippi Pilot clipping". August 1, 1875.
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