{"id":389,"date":"2018-07-11T13:08:43","date_gmt":"2018-07-11T18:08:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/?page_id=389"},"modified":"2026-04-10T09:48:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T14:48:26","slug":"henry-mayson","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/henry-mayson\/","title":{"rendered":"Henry Mayson"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Henry Mayson (Hinds County)<\/h2>\n<p><strong>State House:\u00a0<\/strong>1870-1873<\/p>\n<p><strong>Born:<\/strong> c. 1843 in Mississippi<\/p>\n<p>Worked as a barber before he entered politics after emancipation. Established a newspaper called <em>The<\/em>\u00a0<em>Colored Citizen<\/em> in 1867. In the newspaper&#8217;s prospectus, published in the <em>Clarion-Ledger<\/em> on May 8, 1867, Mayson said, &#8220;I will advocate freely and fearlessly their [freedmen] civil and political equality.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Delegate to the 1868 state constitutional convention. Appointed in 1870 to head the Hinds County board of school directors. Corresponding secretary for the Jackson Baptist Association. Appointed to the Lawrence County board of registration in 1879 and as election commissioner in 1883.<\/p>\n<p>Listed on the 1870 census in Hinds County and on the 1880, 1900, and 1910 census in Lawrence County.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;A native of Mississippi, Mayson (whose name was also spelled Mason) was secretary of the 1865 black convention at Vicksburg. He was active in black meetings in the city, in organizing a &#8216;school committee,&#8217; and in attempting to obtain land for freedmen.<\/em><em>&#8220;<\/em><br \/>\n(Eric Foner,\u00a0<em>Freedom\u2019s Lawmakers: A Directory of Black Officeholders during Reconstruction<\/em>, 1993)<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;The first successful black newspaper in Mississippi began in 1867, when Henry Mayson of Vicksburg established the\u00a0<\/em>Colored Citizen&#8230; <em>No known copy of Mason&#8217;s paper survives.&#8221;<\/em><br \/>\n(Julius E. Thompson,\u00a0<em>The Black Press in Mississippi, 1865-1985<\/em>, 1993)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Links:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/iiif.lib.harvard.edu\/manifests\/view\/drs:491656056$1i\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mississippi State Convention of Colored Men, 1865<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4946\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4946\" style=\"width: 498px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4946\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/mayson.png\" alt=\"Signature of Henry Mayson\" width=\"498\" height=\"79\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/mayson.png 718w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/mayson-300x48.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4946\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Signature of Henry Mayson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1462\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1462\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/charles-p-head\/head3\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1462 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/head3-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/head3-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/head3-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1462\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vicksburg Journal, September 10, 1865<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1929\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1929\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/henry-mayson\/mayson21\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1929 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/mayson21-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/mayson21-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/mayson21-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1929\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vicksburg Herald, November 2, 1865\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6837\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6837\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/henry-mayson\/maysonletter-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6837\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6837\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/maysonletter-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Freedmen's Bureau Letter, January 21, 1867\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/maysonletter-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/maysonletter-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6837\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Freedmen&#8217;s Bureau Letter, Jan 21, 1867<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6701\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6701\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/henry-mayson\/maysonschool-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6701\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6701\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/maysonschool-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"School report excerpt, February 1867\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/maysonschool-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/maysonschool-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6701\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">School report excerpt, February 1867<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1926\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1926\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/henry-mayson\/mayson20\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1926 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/mayson20-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/mayson20-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/mayson20-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1926\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clarion-Ledger, May 8, 1867<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1902\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1902\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/henry-mayson\/mayson10\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1902 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/mayson10-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/mayson10-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/mayson10-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1902\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clarion-Ledger, May 9, 1867<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4405\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4405\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/henry-mayson\/maysonschool\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4405\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4405\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/maysonschool-150x150.png\" alt=\"Freedmen's School Report, July 8, 1867\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/maysonschool-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/maysonschool-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4405\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Freedmen&#8217;s School Report, July 8, 1867<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2036\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2036\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/matthew-t-newsome\/convention-3\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2036 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/convention-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/convention-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/convention-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2036\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Weekly Democrat, September 21, 1867<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1912\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1912\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/henry-mayson\/mayson15\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1912 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/mayson15-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/mayson15-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/mayson15-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1912\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vicksburg Daily Times, February 5, 1868<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4595\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4595\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/james-lynch\/hinds\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4595\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4595\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/hinds-150x150.png\" alt=\"Clarion-Ledger, May 12, 1868\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/hinds-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/hinds-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4595\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clarion-Ledger, May 12, 1868<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6546\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6546\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/henry-mayson\/schools2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6546\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6546\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/schools2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Freedmen's school report, October 1868\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/schools2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/schools2-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6546\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Freedmen&#8217;s school report, October 1868<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6557\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6557\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/henry-mayson\/schools6\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6557\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6557\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/schools6-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Freedmen's school report, Nov 1868\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/schools6-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/schools6-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6557\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Freedmen&#8217;s school report, Nov 1868<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1924\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1924\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/henry-mayson\/mayson19\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1924 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/mayson19-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/mayson19-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/mayson19-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1924\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tri-Weekly Clarion, April 27, 1869<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1884\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1884\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/henry-mayson\/mayson\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1884 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/mayson-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/mayson-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/mayson-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1884\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vicksburg Herald, June 5, 1869<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1886\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1886\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/henry-mayson\/mayson2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1886 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/mayson2-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/mayson2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/mayson2-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1886\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tri-Weekly Clarion, June 5, 1869<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1890\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1890\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/henry-mayson\/mayson4\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1890 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/mayson4-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/mayson4-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/mayson4-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1890\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tri-Weekly Clarion, June 12, 1869<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1892\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1892\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/henry-mayson\/mayson5\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1892 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/mayson5-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/mayson5-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/mayson5-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1892\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tri-Weekly Clarion, July 10, 1869<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1888\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1888\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/henry-mayson\/mayson3\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1888 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/mayson3-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/mayson3-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/mayson3-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1888\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tri-Weekly Clarion, July 29, 1869<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4609\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4609\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/james-lynch\/fight\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4609\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4609\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/fight-150x150.png\" alt=\"Hinds County Gazette, Aug 4, 1869\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/fight-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/fight-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4609\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hinds County Gazette, August 4, 1869<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1911\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1911\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/henry-mayson\/mayson14\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1911 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/mayson14-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/mayson14-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/mayson14-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1911\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tri-Weekly Clarion, November 6, 1869<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1907\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1907\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/henry-mayson\/mayson12\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1907 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/mayson12-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/mayson12-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/mayson12-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1907\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Weekly Mississippi Pilot, January 1, 1870<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1898\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1898\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/henry-mayson\/mayson8\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1898 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/mayson8-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/mayson8-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/mayson8-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1898\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clarion-Ledger, October 22, 1870<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1919\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1919\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/henry-mayson\/mayson17\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1919 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/mayson17-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/mayson17-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/mayson17-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1919\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hinds County Gazette, August 23, 1871<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1826\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1826\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/william-johnson\/wmj3\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1826 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wmj3-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wmj3-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wmj3-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1826\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clarion-Ledger, October 5, 1871<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1896\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1896\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/henry-mayson\/mayson7\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1896 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/mayson7-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/mayson7-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/mayson7-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1896\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Weekly Mississippi Pilot, August 7, 1875<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4950\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4950\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/henry-mayson\/maysonletter\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4950\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4950\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/maysonletter-150x150.png\" alt=\"Letter to Governor Ames, Sep 24, 1875\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/maysonletter-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/maysonletter-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4950\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Letter to Governor Ames, Sep 24, 1875<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1894\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1894\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/henry-mayson\/mayson6\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1894 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/mayson6-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/mayson6-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/mayson6-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1894\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daily Mississippi Pilot, October 26, 1875<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1905\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1905\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/henry-mayson\/mayson11\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1905 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/mayson11-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/mayson11-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/mayson11-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1905\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clarion-Ledger, August 29, 1877<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1909\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1909\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/henry-mayson\/mayson13\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1909 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/mayson13-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/mayson13-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/mayson13-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1909\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vicksburg Herald, September 11, 1877<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1900\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1900\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/henry-mayson\/mayson9\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1900 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/mayson9-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/mayson9-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/mayson9-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1900\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vicksburg Evening Post, August 16, 1883<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1917\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1917\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/henry-mayson\/mayson16\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1917 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/mayson16-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/mayson16-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/mayson16-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1917\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vicksburg Evening Post, March 3, 1887<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Henry Mayson (Hinds County) State House:\u00a01870-1873 Born: c. 1843 in Mississippi Worked as a barber before he entered politics after emancipation. Established a newspaper called The\u00a0Colored Citizen in 1867. In the newspaper&#8217;s prospectus, published in the Clarion-Ledger on May 8, 1867, Mayson said, &#8220;I will advocate freely and fearlessly their [freedmen] civil and political equality.&#8221; &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/henry-mayson\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Henry Mayson&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":53,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-389","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=389"}],"version-history":[{"count":48,"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/389\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6838,"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/389\/revisions\/6838"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}