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James McWashington was a farmer and politician in Texas. Born in Alabama ca. 1840, he was enslaved. When he was elected from Montgomery County, Texas as a delegate to the 1868-1869 Texas Constitutional Convention?[1][2] He advocated for the legalization of marriages among slaves prior to emancipation and property rights for women. He opposed dividing Texas into two states and opposed chartering a railroad company that included former Confederates as stockholders. He ran for a seat in the state legislature but lost. He married and had at least nine children.[3]
He was one of five black delegates at the 1868-1869 Texas Constitutional Convention.[4] He proposed stripping voting rights and prohibiting from holding office those involved on duels. He opposed imprisoning debtors.[5] Elizabeth McWashington was his wife.[5][6]
He was one of 52 African American legislators who served during the Reconstruction era memorialized on a monument dedicated in 2010.[7]
References
- ^ https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1970&context=ethj
- ^ https://www.tsl.texas.gov/exhibits/forever/freedom/page6.html
- ^ Association, Texas State Historical. "McWashington, James". Texas State Historical Association.
- ^ "Six Flags Chronology". www.laits.utexas.edu.
- ^ a b afrotexan.com/legislators/politicians/mcwashington.htm
- ^ https://www.tsl.texas.gov/exhibits/forever/biographies/page6.html
- ^ Association (TSHA), Texas State Historical. "African American Legislators of the 19th Century". Texas Almanac.