Richard Horatio Black Explained

State House:	Florida
District:	Alachua County
Term Start:	1869
Term End:	1870
Birth Date:	11 February 1839

Richard Horatio Black (February 11, 1839 - May 13, 1911) was a soldier, teacher, Volusia County registrar, justice of the peace, member of the Florida House of Representatives and held a custom house position in Philadelphia.^{[1] [2]} He was a member of the state house representing Alachua County, Florida in 1869 and 1870,^[3]

In August 1868 he was made an Inspector of Elections.^[4] From 1868 to 1869 he served as a justice of the peace.^[5]

In his 1888 book Carpetbag Rule in Florida, former Leon County, Florida legislator John Wallace or presumed author William D. Bloxham described him as educated in an otherwise derisive and derogatory account of African Americans, Republicans, and the Reconstruction era.^[3]

See also

• African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era

Notes and References

1. Florida's Black Public Officials by Canter Brown Jr. page 75
2. Book: Davis, William Watson. The Civil War and Reconstruction in Florida. February 15, 1913. Columbia Univ.. 9780722201985. Google Books.
3. Web site: General Acts, Resolutions and Memorials Adopted by the ... Legislature of Florida .... February 15, 1870. Office of the Floridian and Journal. Google Books.
4. Web site: United States Congressional Serial Set. February 15, 1877. U.S. Government Printing Office. Google Books.
5. Book: Brown, Canter. Florida's Black Public Officials, 1867-1924. February 15, 1998. University of Alabama Press. 9780817309152. Google Books.