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Tunis Gulic Campbell Jr. was a politician in Georgia. He was the son of
Tunis Campbell Sr. Rev. Tunis Gulic Campbell Sr. (April 1, 1812 – December 4, 1891), called "the oldest and best known clergyman in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, African Methodist Church", served as a voter registration organizer, Justice of the Peace, ...
(1812-1891). He and his father, along with other black legislators, were expelled. They were reinstated years later. He died in Boston. He was elected to represent
McIntosh County, Georgia McIntosh County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 10,975, a drop of 23.4 percent since the 2010 census. The county seat is Darien. McIntosh County is included in the Brunswick, GA ...
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African American officeholders from the end of the Civil War until before 1900 More than 1,500 African-American officeholders served during the Reconstruction era (1865–1877) and in the years after Reconstruction before white supremacy, disenfranchisement, and the Democratic Party fully reasserted control in Southern sta ...


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