Haskin Smith Explained

Haskin S. Smith was a state legislator in Mississippi. He represented Claiborne County, Mississippi in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1872 to 1876. His marriage to a white woman (miscegnation) in 1874 was controversial.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]} He opposed an 1875 proposal to have convicts work away from penitentiaries.^[6]

He was reported to have worked at a hotel in Port Gibson, Mississippi as a waiter and shoe shiner when he married and departed the area with the owner's daughter within whose family he had served.^[4]

See also

• African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era

Notes and References

1. Web site: Haskin S. Smith – Against All Odds.
2. Web site: Clarion-Ledger, July 9, 1874 – Against All Odds.
3. Web site: Vicksburg Herald, July 14, 1874 – Against All Odds.
4. Web site: Report on the Election of 1875 – Against All Odds.
5. Freedom's Lawmakers by Eric Foner Louisiana Stats University Press (1996) page 199
6. Web site: Weekly Mississippi Pilot, Feb 20, 1875 – Against All Odds.