Educating, Legislating, & Editing


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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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