John B. Wright Explained

Office:South Carolina House of Representatives
Term Start:1868
Term End:1872

John B. Wright was a tailor and legislator in South Carolina during the Reconstruction era. He served in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1868 until 1872 representing Charleston. Researchers documented him as being Black, free before the Civil War, and literate.[1] He was a president of the Colored Young Men's Christian Association.[1] His photograph was included in a montage of Radical Republican South Carolina legislators.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Hine. Darlene Clark. A Question of Manhood: The 19th century : from emancipation to Jim Crow. Jenkins. Earnestine L.. Jenkins. Earnestine. 1999. Indiana University Press. 978-0-253-21460-7. en.
  2. Web site: Radical Members of the South Carolina Legislature . National Museum of African American History and Culture . 8 June 2020 . en . photograph and description . 1868 . Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.

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