Stephen Blackwell Explained

Stephen B. Blackwell (born August 5, 1849) was an American politician. He was a state legislator in Mississippi.

He was born in Issaquena County and represented it in the Mississippi House of Representatives^[1] from 1882 to 1889.^[2] He was a Republican and a Baptist.^[2]

After his 1887 re-election he was to be one of ten Republicans in the Mississippi House, five of them "colored".^[2]

See also

• African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era

Notes and References

1. Web site: Stephen B Blackwell – Against All Odds.
2. Web site: Stephen B. Blackwell (Issaquena County) · Against All Odds: The First Black Legislators in Mississippi · Mississippi State University Libraries. msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com.