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“Here Is World’s Most Perfect Servant.” David G. Scott’s retirement was marked by an article in the Pullman News, December 1922. Source: The Pullman News,
Volumes 1-2, page 210 via Google Books.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Richard Allen<\/strong> was a legislator, representing Harris and Montgomery Counties. He also participated in several National Republican Conventions after the war. He attended the Convention of Colored Citizens in Texas, 1873<\/a>, and presided over the Conference for the Colored People of Texas, 1879<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

James Green<\/strong>: No additional information available at this time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

J. DeBruhl<\/strong>: No additional information available at this time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Richard Nelson<\/strong> served as a justice of peace in Galveston. Nelson established the only Republican paper in Galveston, the Galveston Spectator<\/em> (1873\u20131885). It was \u201cthe earliest newspaper in the state with black ownership and management\u201d [2]. He also published the Freeman\u2019s Journal<\/em> (1887\u20131891).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

David G. Scott<\/strong> (pictured at left) was a Union army veteran. He moved to Houston in 1870, working as a Pullman porter. Through this work, he supported the education of his brother, Reverend B. Scott of the Methodist Episcopal Church, who was the first Black president of Wiley College and editor of the Southwestern Christian Advocate<\/em> in New Orleans, Louisiana [1].<\/p>\n\n\n\n

J. H. Townsend<\/strong> is possibly the same J.H. Townsend who attended and served as a delegate at the First State Convention of the Colored Citizens of the State of California, 1855<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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References<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

[1] Sherer, Robert G. \u201cScott, Isaiah Benjamin (1854\u20131931),\u201d Handbook of Texas<\/em>, Texas State Historical Association, https:\/\/www.tshaonline.org\/handbook\/entries\/scott-isaiah-benjamin
[2] Cox, Patrick. The First Texas News Barons<\/em>, Austin: University of Texas Press, 2009, p. 31.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Credits<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Written by <\/strong>Samantha de Vera<\/a>, University of California, San Diego.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Edited by<\/strong> P. Gabrielle Foreman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Acknowledgements: <\/strong>Samantha de Vera and Michelle Byrnes for further edits, visualization contributions, and technical assistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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