The wagon makers and wood workmen at Shuqualak during the war were Nathan and Marshall McNeese, (slaves), owned by Mr. Sam McNeese; and the blacksmith, a slave, owned by the Widow Beasley, was Pete Beasly.
The First Black Legislators in Mississippi
The First Black Legislators in Mississippi
The wagon makers and wood workmen at Shuqualak during the war were Nathan and Marshall McNeese, (slaves), owned by Mr. Sam McNeese; and the blacksmith, a slave, owned by the Widow Beasley, was Pete Beasly.