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Thomas M. Allen (Georgia politician)
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Thomas M. Allen was an American Baptist preacher who served as a representative in the Georgia Assembly during the Reconstruction Era. He was African American. He was elected in 1868, representing Jasper County as a Republican. Allen escaped assassination by the Ku Klux Klan after they murdered his brother-in-law by mistake during their attempt on his life.
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