He was one of the Original 33 African Americans elected as legislators in Georgia.
He was owned as a slave earlier in his life.
His eligibility to hold elected office in Georgia and that of three other elected representatives debated by the legislature when it kicked out 25 African-Americans deemed ineligible to serve.
[2] Before the American Civil War he was owned by Osborne Augustus Lochrane.
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