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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