Property & Politics


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Property & Politics

In 1846, when John Mitchell arrived a freed man in Texas, he was a farmer and owned property valued at $3,750, making him the wealthiest Black member of the Twelfth Legislature. In 1878, he ran with the Greenback party for the United States House of Representatives but lost the election. As a Texas legislator, he represented Burleson, Brazos, and Milam counties, and later, Burleson and Washington counties in the Fourteenth Legislature.


This file appears in: Shep Mullens