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HYMAN, John Adams, a Representative from North Carolina; born a slave near Warrenton,
Warren County, N.C., July 23, 1840; was sold and sent to Alabama; returned to
North Carolina in 1865 and engaged in agricultural pursuits; pursued elementary
studies; delegate to the State equal rights convention in 1865 and to the State
constitutional convention in 1868; member of the State senate 1868-1874;
elected as a Republican to the Forty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1875-March 3,
1877); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1876; resumed agricultural
pursuits; special deputy collector of internal revenue for the fourth district
of North Carolina from July 1, 1877, to June 30, 1878; died in Washington,
D.C., on September 14, 1891; interment in Harmony Cemetery.
BibliographyJohn Adams Hyman in
Black Americans in Congress, 1870-2007. Prepared under the
direction of the Committee on House Administration by the Office of History
& Preservation, U. S. House of Representatives. Washington: Government
Printing Office, 2008; Reid, George W. Four in Black: North Carolinas Black
Congressmen, 1874-1901.
Journal of Negro History 64 (Summer 1979): 229-43.
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