Peter G. Morgan (October 21, 1817 – March 15, 1890), born enslaved, after the American Civil War became an African-American politician from Virginia.

[1] Of mixed race, Morgan was born a slave in Nottoway County, Virginia, and learned to work with leather.

While still a farm hand and while teaching slaves to read was illegal in the commonwealth, he was known to attach a blue-backed speller to his plow and apply himself to lessons as he worked.

Under Virginia law, he subsequently obtained title to the members of his family, reportedly paying a thousand dollars to free his wife.

[5] Morgan was initially prosperous during the post war years, but he lost his savings in a failed bank.