Henry L. Shrewsbury (born c. 1847) was an American teacher and Reconstruction era state legislator in South Carolina.[1][2] He was described as a free mullato,[3] and represented Chesterfield County in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1868[4][5] until 1870.

Amelia Ann Shrewsbury was his sister.[3] He taught at a school established by the American Missionary Association after the American Civil War.[3]

He ran the Freedman Bureau office in Cheraw, South Carolina.[6] He was a delegate to the 1868 South Carolina Constitutional Convention.[7] He was appointed as an election commissioner for Chesterfield County, South Carolina in October 1868.[8]

The Chesterfield Democrat gave a favorable accounting of his integrity as a politician.[9][10]

References

  1. ↑ Holt, Thomas Cleveland (June 13, 1977). Black Over White: Negro Political Leadership in South Carolina During Reconstruction. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 9780252007750 – via Google Books.
  2. ↑ Gatell, Frank Otto; Goodman, Paul; Weinstein, Allen (June 13, 1972). The Growth of American Politics: Since the Civil War. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195015478 – via Google Books.
  3. 1 2 3 Johnson, Michael P.; Roark, James L. (June 13, 1984). Black Masters: A Free Family of Color in the Old South. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 9780393303148 – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ "Radical Members of the South Carolina Legislature". National Museum of African American History and Culture. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  5. ↑ Gibbes, James G (1868). Radical members of the So. Ca. legislature. OCLC 228111724. Retrieved 13 June 2020 – via www.worldcat.org.
  6. ↑ https://scdah.sc.gov/sites/default/files/Documents/Historic%2520Preservation%2520(SHPO)/Research/Historic%2520Contexts/Cheraw2018.pdf page 20
  7. ↑ Gatell, Frank Otto; Goodman, Paul; Weinstein, Allen (June 13, 1972). The Growth of American Politics: Through Reconstruction. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195015454 – via Google Books.
  8. ↑ "Election Commissioner". The Daily Phoenix. October 9, 1868. p. 2 – via newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ Chaddock, Katherine Reynolds (September 27, 2017). Uncompromising Activist: Richard Greener, First Black Graduate of Harvard College. JHU Press. ISBN 9781421423296 – via Google Books.
  10. ↑ Taylor, Alrutheus Ambush (June 13, 1924). The Negro in South Carolina During the Reconstruction. Association for the Study of Negro Life and History. ISBN 9781404760899 – via Google Books.
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