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William T. Combash was an American lawyer and political organizer in c. 19th century Mississippi. He was murdered.
He was a delegate from Washington County, Mississippi to the Mississippi Constitutional Convention during the Reconstruction era in 1867,[1] and 1868.[2][3][4]
Combash was sent in August 1869 by Adelbert Ames of the Union League's National Chapter to organize in the Mississippi Delta region.[5][6] He was accused of leading an uprising in Sunflower County and Carroll County in November 1869 after he marched with twenty fellow African American in Greenwood, Mississippi.[5] He and some of his fellow marchers were hunted down and killed.[7]
Lost this election to state senate? C. E. P. Johnson.[8]
References[edit]
- ^ "Mississippi Convention". Memphis Daily Post. 1867-12-31. p. 6. Retrieved 2024-05-17 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Rowland, Dunbar (May 17, 1907). "Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form". Southern Historical Publishing Association – via Google Books.
- ^ Fitzgerald, Michael W. (October 1, 2000). "The Union League Movement in the Deep South: Politics and Agricultural Change During Reconstruction". LSU Press – via Google Books.
- ^ Convention, Mississippi Constitutional (May 17, 1871). "Journal of the Proceedings in the Constitutional Convention of the State of Mississippi: 1868". E. Stafford – via Google Books.
- ^ a b "Article clipped from The Times-Picayune". The Times-Picayune. Canton Mail. 1869-10-19. p. 9. Retrieved 2024-05-17 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Woods, Clyde (May 2, 2017). "Development Arrested: The Blues and Plantation Power in the Mississippi Delta". Verso Books – via Google Books.
- ^ Cobb, James C. (August 4, 1994). "The Most Southern Place on Earth: The Mississippi Delta and the Roots of Regional Identity". Oxford University Press – via Google Books.
- ^ "House Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Executive Documents: 13th Congress, 2d Session-49th Congress, 1st Session". United States Congress House. May 17, 1869 – via Google Books.