| 词条 | Madison Davis |
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Madison "Mat" Davis (September 27, 1833 – August 20, 1902) was a slave who became a member of the Georgia Assembly representing Clarke County, Georgia and the first African American postmaster in Athens, Georgia after being emancipated. He was active in Republican Party politics. Early years: enslaved carriage-maker to emancipated delegateDavis was born into slavery and was owned by a carriage maker.[1] After the U.S. Civil War he was freed from slavery at age 31.[1] He was a delegate to Georgia's constitutional drafting convention in 1868.[2] Representative of GeorgiaIn 1868, Davis and Alfred Richardson, also a former slave, were elected to the Georgia House of Representatives in 1868. Later the same year 25 of 29 African Americans were ejected from office after Georgia's legislature determined that African Americans had no protected right to serve in public office.[1] Four more were investigated by a committee to determine their heritage and determine whether they were more than one-eighth African-American. Madison Davis had a light complexion and was one of two African-American representatives allowed to continue in office.[1] Georgia Supreme Court reversed the decision barring African Americans from office the following year in 1869.[1] He was reelected in 1870. Later careerDavis went into the real estate business. He was appointed postmaster of Athens in 1890 by President of the United States, Benjamin Harrison;[1] making Davis the first African American to serve in that role.[3] He faced strong opposition from local whites in Athens. (Monroe Morton was the second African-American postmaster in Athens.) Davis also worked as U.S. Customs Surveyor in Atlanta and was Captain of Relief No. 2, Clarke County's first black fire company.[1] He is buried at Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery in Athens.[3] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{cite web |url=http://accheritage.blogspot.com/2010/09/27-september-1833-legislator-madison.html?m=1 |title=27 September 1833: Legislator Madison Davis Is Born |author= |date=27 September 2010 |website=accheritage.blogspot.com |publisher= Athens-Clarke County Library Heritage Room|access-date=2 February 2018}} 2. ^{{cite web |url=http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/thisday/gahistory/09/27/madison-davis-born |title= This Day in Georgia History|author=|website= georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/ |publisher= DIGITAL LIBRARY OF GEORGIA |access-date=2 February 2018 |quote=}} 3. ^1 {{cite book|last=Thumond|first=Michael L.|title=A Story Untold: black men and women in Athens History|edition=2|year=2001|publisher=The Green Berry Press|location=Athens, Georgia|isbn=9780967302768|pages=23–36|chapter=Two Lawmakers: from slave cabin to state legislature}} Further reading
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