Educating, Legislating, & Editing

ID: 2911 ~ Source: “Jeremiah J. Hamilton.” Photograph. State Preservation Board. https://lrl.texas.gov/legeLeaders/members/memberdisplay.cfm?memberID=4440; Hamilton, Jeremiah J. (1838-ca. 1905).” Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. November 9, 2020. https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/hamilton-jeremiah-j.
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Educating, Legislating, & Editing

Jeremiah J. Hamilton, who learned to read while enslaved, established a school for Black Americans after the Civil War. During his political career, he worked as Voter Registrar in Bastrop County and successfully ran as a Republican Representative for the Twelfth Legislature. After, he owned and edited Black newspapers, including the Austin Citizen and National Union.

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