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Hugh A. Carson

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Hugh A. Carson (died May 9, 1913) was a delegate to Alabama's 1875 Constitutional Convention and served as a state representative for two terms in Alabama during the Reconstruction era. He was a former slave. Carson was a delegate to the 1875 Alabama Constitutional Convention and a member of the Alabama House of Representatives.

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