Adam Gachet

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Adam Gachet, sometimes written Adam Gashet, was a Baptist minister and state legislator in Alabama. He represented Barbour County, Alabama. [1] [2] He was enslaved until 1865. [3] He is commemorated on a historical marker listing state legislators in Alabama who were African American and served during the Reconstruction era. [4]

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References

  1. Bailey, Richard (August 21, 1999). They Too Call Alabama Home: African American Profiles, 1800-1999. Pyramid Pub. ISBN   978-0-9671883-0-0 via Google Books.
  2. "African-American Legislators in Reconstruction Alabama" (PDF). Alabama Department of Archives and History . Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-07-09. Retrieved 2021-08-22.
  3. Kolchin, Peter (August 21, 2008). First Freedom: The Responses of Alabama's Blacks to Emancipation and Reconstruction. University of Alabama Press. ISBN   978-0-8173-5535-7 via Google Books.
  4. "Black Members of the Alabama Legislature Who Served During The Reconstruction Period of 1868-1879 Historical Marker - Lat34North.com". lat34north.com.