J. H. Johnson (politician)

J. H. Johnson was a state legislator in Mississippi. He represented DeSoto County, Mississippi in the Mississippi House of Representatives 1872–1875.[1][2]

Not to be confused with the Egyptologist Janet Helen Johnson.

He was an abolitionist from Ohio who assisted people in their escape from slavery. He served as a trustee of a normal school in Holly Springs, Mississippi.[3]

He studied at Oberlin College.[3] He attended a colored convention in 1872.[4] He was described as short, very stout, and as having one-half Anglo-Saxon blood.[5] He proposed a bill to establish a female normal school in Hillsboro, Mississippi.[6] He was a Republican.[7][8]

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References
  1. Sewell, George A.; Dwight, Margaret L. (November 28, 1984). Mississippi Black History Makers. Univ. Press of Mississippi. ISBN 9781604733907 – via Google Books.
  2. Foner, Eric (1 August 1996). Freedom's Lawmakers: A Directory of Black Officeholders During Reconstruction. LSU Press. p. 118. ISBN 978-0-8071-2082-8. Retrieved November 5, 2022.
  3. "J. H. Johnson (DeSoto County) · Against All Odds: The First Black Legislators in Mississippi · Mississippi State University Libraries". msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com.
  4. "Times-Picayune clipping". April 12, 1872.
  5. Era, New National (March 27, 1873). "New National Era clipping".
  6. "Weekly Mississippi Pilot clipping". March 13, 1875.
  7. "Daily Mississippi Pilot clipping". August 1, 1875.
  8. "Daily Mississippi Pilot clipping". August 1, 1875.


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