James M. Dickson

James M. Dickson, sometimes written as James M. Dixon, was a minister, farm owner, and state legislator in Mississippi.[1] He was enslaved from birth.[2] He represented Yazoo County in the Mississippi House of Representatives[3][4] in 1872 and 1873. He also served as a chancery clerk and on the county school board.[5]

He was enslaved from birth in North Carolina. He became a Methodist Episcopal Church minister and was living in Mississippi prior to the American Civil War. General Adelbert Ames appointed him to the Yazoo County Board of Supervisors in 1869. He testified before a congressional committee about the Democrat Party's campaign of violence and intimidation during the 1875 election in Mississippi (Redeemers).[5]

  1. ^ "James M. Dixon – Against All Odds".
  2. ^ "Mississippi in 1875: Report of the Select Committee to Inquire Into the Mississippi Election of 1875". U.S. Government Printing Office. March 29, 1876 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Senate, United States Congress (March 29, 1872). "Miscellaneous Documents: 30th Congress, 1st Session - 48th Congress, 2d Session and Special Session" – via Google Books.
  4. ^ "United States Congressional Serial Set". U.S. Government Printing Office. March 29, 1875 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ a b Freedom's Lawmakers by Eric Foner Louisiana State University Press 1996 page 63