About John B. Wright
John B. Wright was an American politician.
John B. Wright was a tailor and legislator in South Carolina during the Reconstruction era. He served in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1868 until 1872 representing Charleston. Researchers documented him as being Black, free before the Civil War, and literate. He was a president of the Colored Young Men's Christian Association.
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American Black legislator from South Carolina during Reconstruction
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