Isham Sweat was a state legislator in North Carolina. He served in the North Carolina House of Representatives representing Cumberland County.[1]
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
- ^ "North Carolina State House of Representatives - 1868-1869". www.carolana.com.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Hamilton, Joseph Grégoire de Roulhac (December 29, 1914). Reconstruction in North Carolina. Columbia University. ISBN 9780231925549 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Clipped From The New Berne Times". October 2, 1865. p. 2 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ Jr, Warren Eugene Milteer (July 1, 2020). North Carolina's Free People of Color, 1715–1885. LSU Press. ISBN 9780807173787 – via Google Books.
- ^ 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.
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