Image Number

• RC11971

Year

• 18--

Series Title

• General: Reference collection
• Specific: Reference collection

General Note

• Born in Philadelphia. He graduated from the Institute for Colored Youth in the early 1860s and graduated from Howard University in law, 1873. He was admitted to the Florida bar that year and was one of the first blacks to practice in Florida. During his lifetime he was a municipal judge, Minister, collector of customs and internal revenue. He was a member of the Florida House from 1875-1880 and the Florida Senate from 1881-82.

Rights

• 

Physical Description

• 1 photoprint - b&w - 10 x 8 in.

Subject Term

• African American clergy--Florida--Duval County--Jacksonville
• African American state legislators--Florida--Duval County--Jacksonville

Geographic Term

• Duval County (Fla.)
• Jacksonville (Fla.)

Personal Subject

• Lee, Joseph E., 1849-1920--Portraits.

Subject Corporate

• Howard University--Alumni and alumnae.

Shelf Number

• Shelf number: 08127.

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