Henry McNeal Turner

Henry McNeal Turner was a black minister and politician during and after the Civil War. In 1863, he was given the job as the first black chaplain of the United States Colored Troops. Afterward, he was elected to the Georgia General Assembly, but he and some other black legislatures were removed by a mostly Democratic Legislature. They believed that the right to vote did not equate to the right to hold office. Eventually, the black legislature were returned to their seats after protests from the Federal government.

Henry McNeal Turner