John Dozier
John Dozier was a member of the Alabama House of Representatives.[when?]
In 1873, he represented Perry County, Alabama, along with P. G. Clarke and G. S. W. Lewis.[1]
He was enslaved and was owned by a college president in Virginia who manumitted? emancipated? him. His wife and son had been sold to and were on a plantation in Alabama. Dozier went to them. He became a pastor and settled in Marion County, Alabama, where he founded the First Colored Baptist Church. He was a trustee of Lincoln Normal School.[2]
References
- ↑ Representatives, Alabama Legislature House of (December 30, 1873). "Journal of the House of Representatives, State of Alabama" – via Google Books.
- ↑ Fallin, Wilson (August 17, 2007). Uplifting the People: Three Centuries of Black Baptists in Alabama. University of Alabama Press. ISBN 978-0-8173-1569-6 – via Google Books. Search this book on
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