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Charles Caldwell (1830 or 1831 – December 25, 1875) was a
The Story of 1875
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Charles Caldwell (1830 or 1831 – December 25, 1875) was a Reconstruction era
The Reconstruction era was a period in American history following the American Civil War (1861–1865) and lasting until approximately the Compromise of 1877. During Reconstruction, attempts were made to rebuild the country after the bloo ...
political and state militia leader in Mississippi. He held office as a state senator and county commissioner before being assassinated in 1875.
A former slave, he was a delegate to Mississippi's 1868 Constitutional Convention. He worked as a blacksmith in Clinton, Mississippi
Clinton is a city in Hinds County, Mississippi, United States. Situated in the Jackson metropolitan area, it is the tenth largest city in Mississippi. The population was 28,100 at the 2020 United States census.
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Founded in 1823, Clinto ...
, a small town about 12 miles from Jackson
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in Hinds County, Mississippi
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.
Political violence in Clinton included the Clinton Riot after a political rally of African Americans. Governor Adelbert Ames
Adelbert Ames (October 31, 1835 – April 13, 1933) was an American sailor, soldier, and politician who served with distinction as a Union Army general during the American Civil War. A Radical Republican, he was military governor, U.S. Senato ...
authorized a militia in response and put Caldwell in charge of it in Clinton but later backed down and disbanded it.
The U.S. Congress reported on election violence and Caldwell's assassination. A plaque commemorates his life.
See also
*African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era
More than 1,500 African American officeholders served during the Reconstruction era (1865–1877) after passage of the Reconstruction Acts in 1867 and 1868 as well as in the years after Reconstruction before white supremacy, disenfranchisement, ...
References
Further reading
* Steven J. Niven, “Caldwell, Charles”. ''African American National Biography'', edited by Henry Louis Gates Jr., Oxford African American Studies CenterExternal links
* His life is retold in the 1949 radio dramaThe Story of 1875
, a presentation from ''
Destination Freedom
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'', written by Richard Durham
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1875 deaths
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