Scipio Jasper
T. Scipio Jasper (born 1815) was a state legislator in Florida. He was one of several African Amerixan members of the Florida House of Representatives who served in the body for Marion County, Florida and lived in Ocala, Florida during the Reconstruction era.[1][2]
He was born in South Carolina.[3][4] He served in the Florida House in 1872 and 1873.[5]
Jasper was "Colored".[6] He had been enslaved.[7]
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References[]
- ^ "Ocala Black History Mural". City of Ocala Recreation and Parks.
- ^ https://ucf.digital.flvc.org/islandora/object/ucf%253A21212/datastream/OBJ/view/The_Florida_Historical_Society_quarterly.pdf
- ^ Florida's Black Public Officials page 90
- ^ The Struggle for Survival: A Partial History of the Negroes of Marion County (1977)
- ^ Researcher, Darrell G. Riley. "Reconstruction Era". Ocala.com.
- ^ "Publications of the Florida Historical Society". Florida Historical Society. June 15, 1908 – via Google Books.
- ^ McCarthy, Kevin M. (July 24, 2019). African American Sites in Florida. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781561649518 – via Google Books.
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