1846 - 1929
George French Ecton Activist
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Birthday |
30th November, 1845
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Birthplace |
Winchester, Kentucky, U.S.
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Died |
19th September, 1929
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Place of Death |
Chicago, Illinois
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Occupation Text |
waiter, politician
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Occupation |
Activist
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George French Ecton (1846 – September 19, 1929) was a civil rights activist and Illinois' second black state legislator. He was born a slave in Winchester, Kentucky, in 1846 to Antonio Ecton and Martha George. In June 1865, after the American Civil War and the abolition of slavery, George and a friend received free papers in the mail and set off to escape slavery, as they were still being held in bondage. When they arrived in Cincinnati, Ohio, they were hired as deck hands on the steam packet Sherman, working a route between Cincinnati and Wheeling, West Virginia. Later, in Cincinnati, George took a job at a number of hotels, including the Broadway House, Walnut Street House, Burnett House, and Spencer House. He became ill with smallpox while at the Walnut Street House, but recovered. He also began to attend night school taught by Luella Brown. He was reported to be a college graduate.
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