Thomas M. Allen (Georgia politician)

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Thomas M. Allen
Member of the GeorgiaHouseofRepresentatives
from the Jasper County district
In office
1868–?
Personal details
Political party Republican

Thomas M. Allen was an American Baptist preacher who served as a representative in the Georgia Assembly during the Reconstruction Era. He was African American. [1] He was elected in 1868, representing Jasper County as a Republican. [2] Allen escaped assassination by the Ku Klux Klan after they murdered his brother-in-law by mistake during their attempt on his life. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Paul A. Cimbala (March 1, 2003). Under the Guardianship of the Nation: The Freedmen's Bureau and the Reconstruction of Georgia, 1865-1870. University of Georgia Press. pp. 309–. ISBN   978-0-8203-2511-8.
  2. ↑ Donald Lee Grant (1993). The Way it was in the South: The Black Experience in Georgia. University of Georgia Press. p. 106. ISBN   9780820323299.
  3. ↑ Wyn Craig Wade (1998). The Fiery Cross: The Ku Klux Klan in America. Oxford University Press. p. 73. ISBN   9780195123579.


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