William Bradwell

William Bradwell was a religious leader and Reconstruction era politician in Florida. He lived in Jacksonville and represented Duval County in the Florida Legislature. An African American, he was a leader in the A.M.E. Church. He served in the Florida House of Representatives.[1]

He was a minister.[2]

Following the Reconstruction acts passed in the U.S. Congress he was involved in organizing Black voters and supported a ticket with Republican Ossian B. Hart.[3]

See also

References
  1. Bartley, Abel A. (2000). Keeping the Faith: Race, Politics, and Social Development in Jacksonville, Florida, 1940-1970. ISBN 9780313310355.
  2. Ossian Bingley Hart: Florida's Loyalist Reconstruction Governor. July 1997. ISBN 9780807141717.
  3. Brown, Canter (1998). Florida's Black Public Officials, 1867-1924. ISBN 9780817309152.
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