Person:James Simms (7)

Rev. James Merilus Simms

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Facts and Events

Name^[1]	Rev. James Merilus Simms
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]	27 Dec 1823	Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, United States
Death^[1]	9 Jul 1912	Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, United States
Reference Number		Q55316209 (Wikidata)

Notes

born a slave of rice planter James Potter of Colerain Tweedside Plantation
worked as a carpenter
1857 - bought his freedom for $740
1863 - may be same as James M Symms who published The Black Man
1864 - condemned for teaching slaves and sentenced to public whipping and $100 fine
left Savannah for Boston
chaplain in Union Army
returned to Savannah
elected to Georgia Assembly as a Republican, but prohibited from taking office
1870 - federal intervention overturned the discriminatory action

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 James M. Simms, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
last accessed Sep 2022.

James Merilus Simms (December 27, 1823 – July 9, 1912) was an African-American minister, newspaper publisher, author, and elected representative in the Georgia Assembly during the Reconstruction era. ...