Ralph Williams (politician)
Ralph Williams | |
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| Nationality | American |
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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]
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Freedom's Lawmakers by Eric Foner Louisiana State University Press (1996) page 232
- ^ "Ralph Williams – Against All Odds".
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