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Henry Burckmeyer
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United States
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Biography
Henry Z. Burckmeyer was an American politician. He was a state legislator in South Carolina. He represented Charleston County as an Independent in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1874 to 1876. He was documented as a merchant who was free before the American Civil War. He has been described as "mullato". He and other African-American political leaders in South Carolina were honoured in a 2019 / 2020 resolution.
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