From NKAA, Notable Kentucky African Americans Database (main entry)

Bryant, Charles W. "C. W."

(born: 1830) 

Charles Bryant was born a slave in Kentucky and after the Civil War settled in Texas, where he became an agent for the Freemen's Bureau in Texas. He was a delegate to the state Constitutional Convention, 1868-1869, representing Harrison County, TX. He was also a minister.

For more see Forever Free: The Biographies, a website by the Texas State Library & Archives Commission; and "Bryant, Charles W." at afrotexan.com; and "Bryant, Charles W.," by P. M. Lucko in The Handbook of Texas.

Coverage

Kentucky

Outside Kentucky Place Name

Texas

Cite This NKAA Entry:

“Bryant, Charles W. "C. W.",” Notable Kentucky African Americans Database, accessed July 26, 2024, https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/1357.

Last modified: 2022-01-10 17:33:19