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Ralph Williams
NationalityAmerican
OccupationPolitician

Ralph Williams ( fl. 1870s) was a magistrate and state legislator in Mississippi. [1] [2] He documented as having been enslaved from birth. He established a wagon manufacturing business in Lamar, Mississippi after the end of the American Civil War in 1866. He served as a magistrate from 1871 until 1873 when he served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1873-1875 for Marshall County, Mississippi. [1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Freedom's Lawmakers by Eric Foner Louisiana State University Press (1996) page 232
  2. ^ "Ralph Williams – Against All Odds".


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ralph Williams
NationalityAmerican
OccupationPolitician

Ralph Williams ( fl. 1870s) was a magistrate and state legislator in Mississippi. [1] [2] He documented as having been enslaved from birth. He established a wagon manufacturing business in Lamar, Mississippi after the end of the American Civil War in 1866. He served as a magistrate from 1871 until 1873 when he served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1873-1875 for Marshall County, Mississippi. [1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Freedom's Lawmakers by Eric Foner Louisiana State University Press (1996) page 232
  2. ^ "Ralph Williams – Against All Odds".



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