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Stephen Curtis (born c.1806) —
of Brazos
County, Tex.
Born in slavery in Virginia, about 1806.
Delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1868-69.
African
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Giles Cotton (born c.1814) —
of Robertson
County, Tex.
Born in slavery in South Carolina, about 1814.
Member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1871.
African
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey Douglass
(1818-1895) —
also known as Frederick Douglass —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in slavery in Maryland, 1818.
Republican. Presidential Elector for New York, 1872;
speaker, Republican National Convention, 1888 ;
U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Santo Domingo, 1889-91; U.S. Minister to Haiti, 1889-91.
African
ancestry.
Lecturer and advocate of the abolition of slavery, starting in 1841.
Publisher of The North Star, an abolitionist paper. In 1848,
he attended the meeting in Seneca Falls, N.Y., which started the
women's rights movement.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Washington,
D.C., February
20, 1895 (age about 76
years).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.; statue erected 1899 at Highland
Park, Rochester, N.Y.
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Shack Roberts (born c.1821) —
of Marshall, Harrison
County, Tex.
Born in slavery in Arkansas, about 1821.
One of the founders,
in 1873, of Wiley College, Marshall, Tex.; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1872.
Methodist.
African
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Benjamin Sterling Turner (1825-1894) —
also known as Ben Turner —
of Alabama.
Born in slavery near Weldon, Halifax
County, N.C., March 17,
1825.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Alabama 1st District, 1871-73; defeated,
1872; delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1880.
African
ancestry.
Died in Selma, Dallas
County, Ala., March 21,
1894 (age 69 years, 4
days).
Interment at Live
Oak Cemetery, Selma, Ala.
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David Abner (1826-1902) —
of Texas.
Born in slavery in Selma, Dallas
County, Ala., 1826.
Farmer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1874; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1875.
Baptist.
African
ancestry.
Died in 1902
(age about
76 years).
Interment at Old
Powder Mill Cemetery, Marshall, Tex.
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Bird B. Davis (born c.1827) —
of Wharton
County, Tex.
Born in slavery in North Carolina, about 1827.
Delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1875.
African
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Walter Moses Burton (c.1829-1913) —
also known as Walter M. Burton —
of Fort
Bend County, Tex.
Born in slavery in North Carolina, about 1829.
Fort
Bend County Sheriff, 1869-73; member of Texas
state senate, 1874-75, 1876-82.
African
ancestry.
Died in 1913
(age about
84 years).
Interment at Morton
Cemetery, Richmond, Tex.
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Richard Allen (1830-1909) —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in slavery in Richmond,
Va., June 10,
1830.
Republican. Member of Texas
state house of representatives 14th District, 1870; candidate
for Lieutenant
Governor of Texas, 1878; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Texas, 1884.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., May 16,
1909 (age 78 years, 340
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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Joseph Hayne Rainey (1832-1887) —
also known as Joseph H. Rainey —
of Georgetown
County, S.C.
Born in slavery in Georgetown, Georgetown
County, S.C., June 21,
1832.
Republican. Barber; delegate
to South Carolina state constitutional convention from Georgetown
County, 1868; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1869; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 1st District, 1870-79.
African
ancestry.
First
black to serve in U.S. House of Representatives.
Died in Georgetown, Georgetown
County, S.C., August 2,
1887 (age 55 years, 42
days).
Interment at Baptist
Cemetery, Georgetown, S.C.
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Jefferson Franklin Long (1836-1901) —
of Georgia.
Born in slavery near Knoxville, Crawford
County, Ga., March 3,
1836.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Georgia 4th District, 1870-71.
African
ancestry.
Died in Macon, Bibb
County, Ga., February
4, 1901 (age 64 years, 338
days).
Interment at Lynwood
Cemetery, Macon, Ga.
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James Milton Turner (1840-1915) —
also known as J. Milton Turner —
Born in slavery in St.
Louis, Mo., 1840.
U.S. Minister to Liberia, 1871-78; stabbed
in the chest by George W. Medley, in St. Louis, October 9, 1872.
African
ancestry.
Died, as the result of a railroad
tank car explosion,
in Ardmore, Carter
County, Okla., 1915
(age about
75 years).
Interment at Father
Dickson's Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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John Adams Hyman (1840-1891) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Warrenton, Warren
County, N.C., July 23,
1840.
Republican. Delegate to
North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1868; member of
North
Carolina state senate, 1869-75; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 2nd District, 1875-77.
African
ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
14, 1891 (age 51 years, 53
days).
Original interment at Columbian
Harmony Cemetery (which no longer exists), Washington, D.C.;
reinterment in 1959 at National
Harmony Memorial Park, Landover, Md.
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Blanche Kelso Bruce (1841-1898) —
also known as Blanche K. Bruce —
of Floreyville (unknown
county), Miss.
Born in slavery near Farmville, Prince
Edward County, Va., March 1,
1841.
Republican. School
teacher; planter; Bolivar
County Sheriff and Tax Collector, 1872-75; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1875-81; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Mississippi, 1880,
1884;
Register of the U.S. Treasury, 1881, 1897-98; District of Columbia
Recorder of Deeds, 1891-93.
African
ancestry.
The Blanche K. Bruce Foundation (arts and high-risk youth) is named for
him.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 17,
1898 (age 57 years, 16
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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John Roy Lynch (1847-1939) —
also known as John R. Lynch —
of Natchez, Adams
County, Miss.
Born in slavery in Concordia
Parish, La., September
10, 1847.
Son of Patrick Lynch and Catharine Lynch.
Republican. Member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1869-73; Speaker of
the Mississippi State House of Representatives, 1871-73; Mississippi
Republican state chair, 1871-89; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Mississippi, 1872,
1884
(Temporary
Chair), 1888,
1892;
U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 6th District, 1873-77, 1882-83;
major in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War.
African
ancestry.
Died in 1939
(age about
91 years).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Owen Lun West Smith (1851-1926) —
also known as Owen L. W. Smith —
of Wilson, Wilson
County, N.C.
Born in slavery at Giddinsville, Sampson
County, N.C., 1851.
U.S. Minister to Liberia, 1898-1902.
African
ancestry.
Died January
5, 1926 (age about 74
years).
Interment at Masonic
Cemetery, Wilson, N.C.
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R. J. Evans (1853-1921) —
of Navasota, Grimes
County, Tex.
Born in slavery in Louisiana, 1853.
School
teacher; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1879-82; defeated (Republican),
1882; delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1884.
African
ancestry.
Died in Harris
County, Tex., September
27, 1921 (age about 68
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Washington Buckner (1855-1943) —
also known as George W. Buckner —
Born in slavery near Greensburg, Green
County, Ky., December
1, 1855.
U.S. Minister to Liberia, 1913-15; U.S. Consul General in Monrovia, 1914.
African
ancestry.
Died in Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind., February
17, 1943 (age 87 years, 78
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Evansville, Ind.
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