Robert Gleed

Robert Gleed, Sr. (1836 – July 24, 1916) was a Republican state senator in Mississippi during the Reconstruction era. After several of his fellow African Americans were killed before an election in 1875 he relocated to Paris, Texas. He later returned to Columbus, Mississippi, but was chased away again.

Robert Gleed, Sr.
Born1836
Wilkinson County, Mississippi, United States
DiedJuly 24, 1916(1916-07-24) (aged 79–80)
Harris County, Texas
OccupationMerchant
Political partyRepublican

In 1871, he testified about the role of Southern newspapers and the Ku Klux Klan in fomenting violence and resistance to Reconstruction efforts in Mississippi in the years after the American Civil War.[1]

He resigned from the state senate in 1873 after the killing of seven "recalcitrant blacks". He had four children.[2]

He campaigned for Sheriff in Lowndes County.[3] He met with leading Democratic Party representatives and attempted to appease them before the election.[4] He was unsuccessful and his home was attacked and burned as well as some of his neighbors' homes.[5]

He is buried in Sandfield Cemetery in Columbus, Mississippi.[6][7]

References
  1. "Curbing Freedom (Klan violence): Robert Gleed". Hilary N. Green, PhD.
  2. Baldwin, DeeDee. "Robert Gleed". Against All Odds. Retrieved 2021-03-20.
  3. "Taking Away the Vote — and a Black Man's Land | The Authentic Voice".
  4. "REPORT OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE TO REQUIRE INTO THE MISSISSIPPI ELECTION OF 1875, WITH THE TESTIMONY AND DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE". June 26, 1876 – via Google Books.
  5. Fellman, Michael (June 26, 2010). In the Name of God and Country: Reconsidering Terrorism in American History. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0300155013 – via Google Books.
  6. "Sandfield Cemetary [sic] – MS Civil Rights Project".
  7. "HBO documentary to feature area African-American history event". The Commercial Dispatch. 8 May 2019.


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