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Henry Augustus Johnson was an American justice of the peace, sheriff, and state legislator in Arkansas.

Biography

Johnson was born in North Carolina and enslaved. He grew up in Columbus, Mississippi. As a legislator, he voted against a poll tax.

He represented Chicot County in the Arkansas House of Representatives in 1891. He was included in a photo montage and series of profiles of African American state legislators serving in Arkansas in 1891 published in The Freeman newspaper in Indianapolis. Several were African American.

A park in Lake Village, Arkansas was dedicated in his honor in 2008.

See also

• African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era

References

1. ^ "A family legacy: Local woman recounts grandfather's public service following Reconstruction". texarkanagazette.com. Archived from the original on 2017-07-09. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
2. Graves, John (February 3, 1990). Town and Country: Race Relations in an Urban-Rural Context, Arkansas, 1865–1905. University of Arkansas Press. ISBN 9781682261385 – via Google Books.
3. "Montage of Black Arkansas Legislators in 1891". University of Arkansas.
4. Gatewood, Willard B.; Gatewood, Willard G. (1972). "Negro Legislators in Arkansas, 1891: A Document". The Arkansas Historical Quarterly. 31 (3): 220–233. doi:10.2307/40038091. JSTOR 40038091 – via JSTOR.
5. "African American politicians – History Alive: Virtually!".

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