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| '''Ferdinand Havis''' (November 15, 1846 – August 25, 1918) was an American state legislator, businessman, government official, and state militia member in ].<ref name=encyc>{{Cite web|url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/media/ferdinand-havis-188/|title=Encyclopedia of Arkansas|website=Encyclopedia of Arkansas}}</ref> | |||
| ⚫ | Havis was born into slavery, the son of his enslaver and enslaved mother.<ref name=rags>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eldoradonews.com/news/2021/jun/15/history-minute-rags-riches-story-ferdinand-havis/|title=History minute: The rags-to-riches story of Ferdinand Havis|date=Jun 15, 2021|website=El Dorado News Times|accessdate=Aug 23, 2021}}</ref> He was a Republican.<ref>{{Cite journal |author=Leslie, James W. |year=1978 |title=Ferd Havis: Jefferson County's Black Republican Leader |url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/40023336 |journal=The Arkansas Historical Quarterly |volume=37 |issue=3 |pages=240–251 |jstor=40023336 |via=JSTOR}}</ref> He owned a barbershop, about 2,000 acres of land, and his home.<ref name=encyc/> He is buried at Bellwood Cemetery in ].<ref name=encyc/> | ||
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American state legislator and businessman (1846–1918)
Ferdinand Havis (November 15, 1846 – August 25, 1918) was an American state legislator, businessman, government official, and state militia member in Arkansas.
Havis was born into slavery, the son of his enslaver and enslaved mother. He was a Republican. He owned a barbershop, about 2,000 acres of land, and his home. He is buried at Bellwood Cemetery in Pine Bluff, Arkansas.
References
- ^ "Encyclopedia of Arkansas". Encyclopedia of Arkansas.
- "History minute: The rags-to-riches story of Ferdinand Havis". El Dorado News Times. June 15, 2021. Retrieved August 23, 2021.
- Leslie, James W. (1978). "Ferd Havis: Jefferson County's Black Republican Leader". The Arkansas Historical Quarterly. 37 (3): 240–251. JSTOR 40023336 – via JSTOR.
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