Print Matthews
Deceased Person
1840 – 1883
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Who was Print Matthews?
John Prentiss "Print" Matthews was an American social reformer of the Reconstruction era, and an advocate for African American rights in Copiah County, Mississippi. He was murdered in the act of voting after defying the orders of local white supremacists, who told him not to vote.
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- Born
- Aug 27, 1840
Hazlehurst - Ethnicity
- African American
- Died
- Nov 6, 1883
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on July 23, 2013
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