Henry L. Shrewsbury

Biography

Henry L. Shrewsbury (born c. 1847) was an American teacher and Reconstruction era state legislator in South Carolina. He was described as a free mullato, and represented Chesterfield County in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1868 until 1870. Amelia Ann Shrewsbury was his sister. He taught at a school established by the American Missionary Association after the American Civil War. He ran the Freedman Bureau office in Cheraw, South Carolina. He was a delegate to the 1868 South Carolina Constitutional Convention. He was appointed and election commissioner for Chesterfield County, South Carolina in October 1868. The Chesterfield Democrat gave a favorable accounting of his integrity as a politician.

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