John Hannibal White (c. 1828 – July 26, 1878) was a delegate to South Carolina's 1868 Constitutional Convention, a two-term member of the South Carolina House of Representatives, and a state senator in South Carolina. He worked as a blacksmith. [1]
White was enslaved from birth. [2]
During the Civil War he would read updates to members of his community in York County, South Carolina. [3] A photograph of him was part of a composite image of African American " Radical Republican" members of the South Carolina Legislature. [4]
John Hannibal White (c. 1828 – July 26, 1878) was a delegate to South Carolina's 1868 Constitutional Convention, a two-term member of the South Carolina House of Representatives, and a state senator in South Carolina. He worked as a blacksmith. [1]
White was enslaved from birth. [2]
During the Civil War he would read updates to members of his community in York County, South Carolina. [3] A photograph of him was part of a composite image of African American " Radical Republican" members of the South Carolina Legislature. [4]