Isham Sweat Explained

Isham Sweat was a state legislator in North Carolina. He served in the North Carolina House of Representatives representing Cumberland County.^[1]

He was born in North Carolina. He was described as "mulatto".^[2]

He lived in Fayetteville.^[3] He was part of the colored convention held in Raleigh in 1865.^{[4] [5]}

He was a barber.^[6]

See also

• African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era

Notes and References

1. Web site: North Carolina State House of Representatives - 1868-1869. www.carolana.com.
2. Negro Legislators in the North Carolina General Assembly, July, 1868-February, 1872. Balanoff, Elizabeth. 1972. The North Carolina Historical Review. 49. 1. 22–55. 23529002 . JSTOR.
3. Book: Hamilton, Joseph Grégoire de Roulhac. Reconstruction in North Carolina. December 29, 1914. Columbia University. 9780231925549 . Google Books.
4. Web site: Clipped From The New Berne Times. October 2, 1865. 2. newspapers.com.
5. Book: Jr, Warren Eugene Milteer. North Carolina's Free People of Color, 1715–1885. July 1, 2020. LSU Press. 9780807173787 . Google Books.
6. Book: Andrews, Sidney. The South Since the War: as Shown by Fourteen Weeks of Travel ... in Georgia and the Carolinas. December 29, 1866. Ticknor & Fields. 9781425543648 . Google Books.