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Jordan Carlisle Jackson Jr.

1848–1918

United States

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Jordan Carlisle Jackson Jr. (February 28, 1848 – October 7, 1918), also known as J. C. Jackson, was an American lawyer, funeral director, newspaper editor, and Black community leader. He was married to abolitionist Eliza "Belle" Mitchell Jackson.

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