Isaac Alston

Isaac Alston was a reverend[1] and state legislator in North Carolina. He represented Warren County, North Carolina in the North Carolina Senate in 1870 and 1891.[2] He lived in Warrenton, North Carolina.[3] He was the only African American elected to the North Carolina Senate in 1890. Three African Americans were elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives that year.[4]

In the legislature in 1891 he proposed establishing a college in North Carolina for African Americans.[5] His photograph is included in a montage of 1891 North Carolina State senators.[5] He was a Baptist.[6]

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References
  1. Hahn, Steven (April 30, 2005). A Nation under Our Feet: Black Political Struggles in the Rural South from Slavery to the Great Migration. Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674254282 – via Google Books.
  2. Crow, Jeffrey J.; Escott, Paul D.; Hatley, Flora J. (December 8, 2002). A History of African Americans in North Carolina. N.C. Department of Cultural Resources, Office of Archives and History. ISBN 9780865263017 – via Google Books.
  3. Carolina, North (December 8, 1879). "Laws and Resolutions of the State of North Carolina" – via Google Books.
  4. Beckel, Deborah (December 8, 2010). Radical Reform: Interracial Politics in Post-Emancipation North Carolina. University of Virginia Press. ISBN 9780813930527 – via Google Books.
  5. "Blog Archives". BELLAMY MANSION MUSEUM.
  6. https://archive.org/stream/tarheelsketchboo00tomli/tarheelsketchboo00tomli_djvu.txt
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