Ovide Gregory, sometimes written as Ovid Gregory, [1] (d. September 2, 1869) was a politician in Alabama during the Reconstruction era. A Creole, he was multilingual and freeborn. [2] He served in the Alabama House of Representatives. [3]
There was open hostility and racial to Gregory and the other black member of the legislator, with some questioning the legislator and constitution, [4] with racism openly expressed on the front pages of papers. [5]
He supported legislation to outlaw African Americans "going" with Creoles. He was a rival of John Carraway. [6] He advocated for more schools. [7]
He died September 2, 1869, in Pascagoula, Mississippi, after an illness that had persisted for six months. [8]
Ovide Gregory, sometimes written as Ovid Gregory, [1] (d. September 2, 1869) was a politician in Alabama during the Reconstruction era. A Creole, he was multilingual and freeborn. [2] He served in the Alabama House of Representatives. [3]
There was open hostility and racial to Gregory and the other black member of the legislator, with some questioning the legislator and constitution, [4] with racism openly expressed on the front pages of papers. [5]
He supported legislation to outlaw African Americans "going" with Creoles. He was a rival of John Carraway. [6] He advocated for more schools. [7]
He died September 2, 1869, in Pascagoula, Mississippi, after an illness that had persisted for six months. [8]