George H. Jackson (diplomat) explained

George H. Jackson (28 February 1863, Natick – 19??) was an American lawyer, consul, and political activist. He is sometimes confused with George Henry Jackson (1846-1925), who was elected to the Ohio State House of Representatives in 1892 ^[1] and who was appointed treasurer at the founding meeting of the Niagara Movement.^[2]

He went to the Congo Free State in 1893 where he served as a medical missionary until 1895.^[3]

Jackson was appointed Consul at La Rochelle, France in 1898 to 1908^[4] and then Cognac from 1908 to 1914.^[5]

In 1919 he was appointed to the Chicago Commission on Race Relations.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: George Henry Jackson . 29 April 2023.
2. Web site: Bundles . A'lelia . The Niagara Movement: A Distant Personal Connection « A'Lelia Bundles . www.aleliabundles.com . A'lelia Bundles . 30 June 2019.
3. Web site: Spotlight on Dr. George Henry Jackson . HistoryAtState . Office of the Historian, Bureau of Public Affairs, U.S. Department of State . 30 June 2019 . en.
4. Book: Washington . Booker T. . Harlan . Louis R. . Booker T. Washington Papers Volume 9: 1906-8. Assistant Editor, Nan E. Woodruff . 1980 . University of Illinois Press . 9780252007712 . en.
5. Web site: Krasnoff . Lindsay Sarah . The Rugby-Loving U.S. Consul in St. Étienne . HuffPost . 30 June 2019 . en . 27 February 2015.
6. Book: The Negro in Chicago; a study of race relations and a race riot . 1922 . The University of Chicago Press . Chicago, Illinois . 30 June 2019.