[1] Green was born enslaved in Beaufort County in either 1825 or August 1847 and was put to work in the fields.
[1][2] After the American Civil War he worked as a carpenter and a farmer owning a farm on Lady's Island.
[1] In November 1873 Green was appointed adjutant general of the state militia with the rank of major.
[4] Green went on to win the election,[5] and served in the South Carolina State Senate from 1875 until 1877.
[6] Green resigned his senate seat at the end of the 1877 session when the Democrats gained overall control of the legislature.