David Jenkins (abolitionist) explained

David Jenkins (c. 1811 – September 4, 1876)^[1] was an abolitionist, civil rights campaigner, newspaper founder, and politician in Columbus, Ohio and Mississippi.^[2] He served as a state legislator in the Mississippi House of Representatives.^[3] He was a Republican.^[4] He represented Madison County, Mississippi.^[5]

He was an agent on the Underground Railroad. At age 26 he moved to Columbus, Ohio. An abolitionist, he co-founded a short-lived abolitionist paper in Columbus. He then became a school teacher. During the Civil War he served in the 127th Ohio Infantry. After the war he worked for the Freedmens Bureau in Mississippi.^[6]

In 1876 he voted against impeachment of T. W. Cardozo.^[7]

He and Alfred Handy, another African American state legislator for Madison County, were warned about opposing "honest rule" in a notice run in the Canton Mail in 1876.^[8]

He died in Canton, Mississippi.^[3]

See also

• African American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era

Notes and References

1. Web site: American Citizen, September 9, 1876 – Against All Odds.
2. . Levstik . Frank R . DAVID JENKINS: EAGLE THAT IS FORGOTTON . Negro History Bulletin . 38 . 7 . October 1975 . 464 .
3. Web site: David Jenkins – Against All Odds.
4. Web site: Cincinnati Enquirer, January 25, 1872 – Against All Odds. much-ado.net.
5. Web site: Clarion-Ledger, January 7, 1877 – Against All Odds. much-ado.net.
6. Book: Snodgrass, Mary Ellen. The Underground Railroad: An Encyclopedia of People, Places, and Operations. March 26, 2015. Routledge. 9781317454168 . Google Books.
7. Web site: Clarion Ledger, February 17, 1876 – Against All Odds.
8. Web site: Mississippi: Testimony as to Denial of Elective Franchise in Mississippi at the Elections of 1875 and 1876: Taken Under the Resolution of the Senate of December 5, 1876. United States Congress Senate Committee on Privileges and. Elections. October 14, 1877. U.S. Government Printing Office. Google Books.