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F. H. Fyall

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F. H. Fyall
Member of the Georgia House of Representatives
from the Macon County district
In office
1868 – ?
Original 33
Personal details
Political partyRepublican

F. H. Fyall was a state Representative in the U.S. state of Georgia during the Reconstruction era. He was one of the Original 33 African Americans elected as legislators in Georgia.

He was owned as a slave earlier in his life. His eligibility to hold elected office in Georgia and that of three other elected representatives debated by the legislature when it kicked out 25 African-Americans deemed ineligible to serve.[1] He represented Macon.[2]

Before the American Civil War he was owned by Osborne Augustus Lochrane.

Further reading

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  • "Negroes in the Georgia Legislature: The Case of F. H. Fyall of Macon County" Georgia Historical Quarterly 44 March 1960, pages 85–97.

References

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  1. ^ Wight, Willard E. (1960). "Negroes in the Georgia Legislature: The Case of F. H. Fyall of Macon County". The Georgia Historical Quarterly. 44 (1): 85–97. JSTOR 40578005 – via JSTOR.
  2. ^ Representatives, Georgia General Assembly House of (August 23, 1868). "Journal ..." – via Google Books.