Richard Griggs Explained

Richard Griggs (died 1883) was a state legislator and author in Mississippi.[1] He also served as a court clerk.[2]

He was born in Tennessee[3] and enslaved, having had more than a dozen owners including Nathan B. Forrest. He served as Mississippi’s commissioner of immigration and agriculture.[4] [5]

He authored Guide to Mississippi.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Richard Griggs – Against All Odds.
  2. Web site: Vicksburg Evening Post, July 4, 1883 – Against All Odds.
  3. Book: Freedom's Lawmakers: A Directory of Black Officeholders During Reconstruction. Eric. Foner. Professor of History Eric. Foner. June 7, 1993. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-507406-2 . Google Books.
  4. Web site: Slavery, Resistance, Freedom. Gabor S.. Boritt. Scott. Hancock. June 14, 2007. Oxford University Press. Google Books.
  5. Book: Foner, Eric. Forever Free: The Story of Emancipation and Reconstruction. June 26, 2013. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. 978-0307834584 . Google Books.
  6. Web site: Annual Report of the Director of the Department of Archives and History of the State of Mississippi from .... Mississippi Department of Archives and. History. June 7, 1911. The Department. Google Books.

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