Barney Humphries Explained

Barney Humphries (ca. 1809 - 1875) was an A.M.E. minister and state legislator in South Carolina.^[1] He represented Chester County, South Carolina in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1868 to 1872.^[2] in 1868 along with Sancho Sanders and Barney Burton.^[3] He and other African American state legislators were honored in a concurrent resolution in the South Carolina legislature in 2007.^[4]

He was documented as being mulatto and able to read but not write.^[2]

See also

• African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era

Notes and References

1. Web site: Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of South-Carolina. South Carolina General Assembly House of. Representatives. October 29, 1871. State Printers. Google Books.
2. Freedom's Lawmakers by Eric Foner Louisiana State University Press (1996) page 112
3. Web site: House Documents. USA House of. Representatives. June 11, 1868. U.S. Government Printing Office. Google Books.
4. Web site: South Carolina Legislature Online - Search. www.scstatehouse.gov.