Wiley Baker Explained
Wiley Baker (– ?) was a state legislator in North Carolina. He represented Northampton County in the North Carolina House of Representatives in 1883.[1] [2] [3]
He was born in 1850 or 1851 and educated following the American Civil War.[4] He was African American.[4] A farmer who lived in Dogwood, North Carolina,[5] he also served as a county official.[6] He was one of a few Republicans – alongside William Belcher, Turner Speller, and Edward H. Sutton, among others – who generally opposed the creation of public schools for white cities in counties with significant black populations.[4] He served on a committee for the state's Deaf, Dumb, and Blind Asylum alongside Jacob Montgomery, James Harris, and William Johnson.[4]
There is no record of his life after the 1890s, and he may have died outside of North Carolina.[4]
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Notes and References
- Web site: The Journal of Negro History. Carter Godwin. Woodson. Rayford Whittingham. Logan. December 8, 1920. Association for the Study of Negro Life and History. Google Books.
- Book: Simmons-Henry, Linda. The Heritage of Blacks in North Carolina. December 8, 1990. North Carolina African American Heritage Foundation. 9780912081120 . Google Books.
- Web site: National Roster of Black Elected Officials. December 8, 1976. Joint Center for Political Studies.. Google Books.
- Justesen . Benjamin R. . "The Class of '83": Black Watershed in the North Carolina General Assembly . North Carolina Historical Review . 86 . 3 . 2009 . 282–308 . 23523861 .
- Web site: Laws and Resolutions of the State of North Carolina, Passed by the General Assembly at Its Session. North. Carolina. December 8, 1883. J. Turner, Jr.. Google Books.
- Web site: The North Carolina Historical Review. December 8, 2009. North Carolina Historical Commission. Google Books.
