Plato Fludd

Plato C. Fludd was a judge, public official, and politician in South Carolina.[1]

He had lived in Charleston and had been enslaved.[1] lived in Florence, South Carolina and was one of its first elected politicians.[2] He also served in the state legislature.[3] He represented Darlington County, South Carolina. He served as a judge and county treasurer. Governor Daniel H. Chamberlain dismissed him as a judge in 1875.[1]

Governor Robert K. Scott appointed him as an election official in 1870.[4] In 1875 the legislature passed an act allowing him to construct gates across a public lane running past his property.[5]

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References
  1. Foner, Eric (1996). Freedom's Lawmakers : A Directory of Black Officeholders During Reconstruction. Louisiana State University Press. p. 76. OCLC 34598098.
  2. "The City of Florence Celebrates Black History Month". City of Florence. 16 February 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  3. Reynolds, John Schreiner (1905). "Reconstruction in South Carolina, 1865-1877".
  4. "Proclamation". The Daily Phoenix. 20 August 1870. p. 2.
  5. "Acts and Joint Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina". 1875.


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