Henry C. Cherry
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Henry C. Cherry was a politician in North Carolina. He lived in Tarboro.[1][2][3][4]
He was one of the first African Americans to serve in North Carolina's legislature (along with Parker D. Robbins, Wilson Cary, B. W. Morris, A. W. Stevens (politician), John S. Leary, Isham Sweat, John H. Williamson, A. A. Crawford, Cuffie Mayo, H. T. J. Hayes, Ivey Hutchings, John S. W. Eagles, George W. Price, Thomas A. Sykes, James H. Harris, William Cawthorn, Richard Falkner (politician) and three state senators).[5]
References
- ^ Powell, William S. (9 November 2000). Dictionary of North Carolina Biography: Vol. 6, T-Z. Univ of North Carolina Press. ISBN 9780807866993.
- ^ Kenzer, Robert C. (1997). Enterprising Southerners: Black Economic Success in North Carolina, 1865-1915. University of Virginia Press. ISBN 978-0-8139-1733-7.
- ^ Mobley, Joe A. (1986). "In the Shadow of White Society: Princeville, a Black Town in North Carolina, 1865-1915". The North Carolina Historical Review. 63 (3): 345–347. ISSN 0029-2494. JSTOR 23518785.
- ^ "Died". The Tarborough Southerner. 1885-07-16. p. 3. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
- ^ "North Carolina State House of Representatives - 1868-1869". www.carolana.com.