Haskin Smith

Haskin S. Smith was a state legislator in Mississippi. He represented Claiborne County, Mississippi in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1872 to 1876. His marriage to a white woman (miscegnation) in 1874 was controversial.[1][2][3][4][5] He opposed an 1875 proposal to have convicts work away from penitentiaries.[6]

Official 1874 portrait by Elisaeus Von Seutter

He was reported to have worked at a hotel in Port Gibson, Mississippi as a waiter and shoe shiner when he married and departed the area with the owner's daughter within whose family he had served.[4]

See also

References
  1. "Haskin S. Smith – Against All Odds".
  2. "Clarion-Ledger, July 9, 1874 – Against All Odds".
  3. "Vicksburg Herald, July 14, 1874 – Against All Odds".
  4. "Report on the Election of 1875 – Against All Odds".
  5. Freedom's Lawmakers by Eric Foner Louisiana Stats University Press (1996) page 199
  6. "Weekly Mississippi Pilot, Feb 20, 1875 – Against All Odds".


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