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Liberty Billings

Liberty Billings

American politician

Liberty Billings (1823–1877)[1] was an American officer in the Union Army, a Unitarian minister, and a state senator.

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Billings House in Fernandina Beach, Florida
Billings Great Floridian plaque

Billings was born in Saco, Maine in 1823.[2] He was educated at Thornton Academy[3] and later graduated from Meadville Theological School in 1848.[4]

Billings served as Lieutenant Colonel of the 1st South Carolina Volunteer Infantry which in turn became the 33rd United States Colored Infantry during the American Civil War.[2][1] He was a Republican (Radical Republican) during the Reconstruction Era and served as a state senator in Florida. He was involved in the constitutional convention that developed the 1868 Florida Constitution.[5] Billings has been honored posthumously as a Great Floridian.[6]

He was deemed ineligible to participate in the constitutional convention and was voted out along with others accused of being residents of other states.[7]

The Billings House located in the Fernandina Beach Historic District in Fernandina Beach, Florida.[2]

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References

  1. [1]
    Kevin M. McCarthy (2007). African American Sites in Florida. Pineapple Press Inc. p. 186. ISBN 978-1-56164-385-1.
  2. [2]
    Thamm, Suanne (2019-07-22). "Who was Liberty Billings?". Fernandina Observer. Retrieved 2021-01-06.
  3. [3]
    Thornton Academy (1918). List of Students, 1813-1848, Thornton Academy, Saco, Maine. York Institute.
  4. [4]
    School, Meadville Theological (1910). General Catalogue of the Meadville Theological School: Meadville, Pennsylvania, 1844-1910. The School. p. 3.
  5. [5]
    "Liberty Billings, Florida's forgotten radical Republican | fau.digital.flvc.org". fau.digital.flvc.org.
  6. [6]
    "Liberty Billings- Great Floridians 2000 - Blue Plaques on Waymarking.com". Waymarking.
  7. [7]
    Society, Florida Historical (January 10, 1972). "Florida Historical Quarterly" – via Google Books.
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