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Isham Sweat was a state legislator in North Carolina. He served in the
North Carolina House of Representatives representing
Cumberland County.
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He was born in North Carolina. He was described as "mulatto".
[2]
He lived in
Fayetteville.
[3] He was part of the colored convention held in Raleigh in 1865.
[4]
[5]
He was a barber.
[6]
See also
References
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"North Carolina State House of Representatives - 1868-1869". www.carolana.com.
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^ Balanoff, Elizabeth (1972).
"Negro Legislators in the North Carolina General Assembly, July, 1868-February, 1872". The North Carolina Historical Review. 49 (1): 22–55.
JSTOR
23529002 – via JSTOR.
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^ Hamilton, Joseph Grégoire de Roulhac (December 29, 1914).
Reconstruction in North Carolina. Columbia University.
ISBN
9780231925549 – via Google Books.
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"Clipped From The New Berne Times". October 2, 1865. p. 2 – via newspapers.com.
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^ Jr, Warren Eugene Milteer (July 1, 2020).
North Carolina's Free People of Color, 1715–1885. LSU Press.
ISBN
9780807173787 – via Google Books.
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^ Andrews, Sidney (December 29, 1866).
The South Since the War: as Shown by Fourteen Weeks of Travel ... in Georgia and the Carolinas. Ticknor & Fields.
ISBN
9781425543648 – via Google Books.