Henry Augustus Johnson

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Henry Augustus Johnson
Member of the Arkansas House of Representatives for Chicot County
In office
1891-?
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Born North Carolina

Henry Augustus Johnson was an American justice of the peace, sheriff, and state legislator in Arkansas. [1]

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Biography

Johnson was born in North Carolina and enslaved. He grew up in Columbus, Mississippi. [1] As a legislator, he voted against a poll tax. [2]

He represented Chicot County in the Arkansas House of Representatives in 1891. [1] He was included in a photo montage and series of profiles of African American state legislators serving in Arkansas in 1891 published in The Freeman newspaper in Indianapolis. [3] [4] Several were African American. [5]

A park in Lake Village, Arkansas was dedicated in his honor in 2008. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "A family legacy: Local woman recounts grandfather's public service following Reconstruction". texarkanagazette.com. Archived from the original on July 9, 2017. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
  2. ↑ Graves, John (1990). Town and Country: Race Relations in an Urban-Rural Context, Arkansas, 1865–1905. University of Arkansas Press. ISBN   9781682261385 – via Google Books.
  3. ↑ "Montage of Black Arkansas Legislators in 1891". University of Arkansas.
  4. ↑ Gatewood, Willard B.; Gatewood, Willard G. (1972). "Negro Legislators in Arkansas, 1891: A Document" . The Arkansas Historical Quarterly. 31 (3): 220–233. doi:10.2307/40038091. JSTOR   40038091.
  5. ↑ "African American politicians – History Alive: Virtually!".


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