Biography · Politics & Public Life
Henry P. Jacobs
1825–1899
United States
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Henry P. Jacobs (July 8, 1825 – December 14, 1899) was an American politician and educator. Jacobs was born in Alabama. He escaped slavery to Canada and then moved to Michigan before settling in Natchez, Mississippi after the American Civil War.
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