Christopher Columbus Nash
Merchant, Politician
1838 –
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Who is Christopher Columbus Nash?
Christopher Columbus Nash was a merchant and a Democratic sheriff in Grant Parish, Louisiana, who in 1873 led a company of white militiamen to regain control of the parish courthouse in Colfax, which had been seized by armed African-American insurgents. Thereafter, the segregationist Nash formed the first contingent of the White League in the American South during the second half of Reconstruction.
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- Born
- Jul 1, 1838
Sabine Parish - Spouses
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
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on July 23, 2013
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