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Frederick Hill (politician)

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Frederick Hill was a politician in Florida during the Reconstruction era. He was a delegate to the 1868 Florida Constitutional Convention and represented Gadsden County in the Florida Legislature.[1] He also served as a Gadsen County Commissioner and was the postmaster in Quincy for several years.[2]

In 1874, he was accused of being on the receiving end of a bribery scheme related to the impeachment of Harrison Reed.[3]

William Saunders (Florida politician), also African American, was another representative for Gadsden County during Reconstruction.

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References

  1. ^ Fortune, T. Thomas (September 30, 2014). After War Times: An African American Childhood in Reconstruction-Era Florida. University of Alabama Press. ISBN 9780817318369 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Brown, Canter (January 1, 1998). Florida's Black Public Officials, 1867-1924. University of Alabama Press. ISBN 9780817309152 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Court, Florida Supreme (January 1, 1874). "Cases Adjudicated" – via Google Books.