Albert Johnson was an American state legislator in Mississippi. He represented Warren County, Mississippi in the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1870 and 1871.[1]

He was born in Kentucky. He was enslaved and worked as a plasterer.[1] In 1868, the Vicksburg Herald newspaper ran an account of an event at which he gave a speech.[2] He was the first African American to serve on Warren County’s Board of Supervisors. He was a Republican.[3] In 1872 the paper reported that Johnson "cow-hides" a "carpetbagger".[4]

He repudiated the view of a local reverend and stated he wanted harmony between blacks and whites.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Albert Johnson – Against All Odds".
  2. ↑ "Vicksburg Herald, June 2, 1868 – Against All Odds".
  3. ↑ https://scholarship.kentlaw.iit.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2971&context=cklawreview Page 603
  4. ↑ "Vicksburg Herald, June 22, 1872 – Against All Odds".
  5. ↑ "Vicksburg Herald, May 28, 1867 – Against All Odds".


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