Emanuel Handy, sometimes recorded as Emmanuel Handy, was a sergeant in the Union Army during the American Civil War, a delegate to Mississippi's 1868 Constitutional Convention, a farmer, a constable, and a state legislator in Mississippi.[1][2] He was born in Copiah County, Mississippi.[2] He served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1870 to 1873.[2]

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  1. ↑ "Emanuel Handy – Against All Odds".
  2. 1 2 3 Freedom's Lawmakers by Eric Foner Louisiana State University Press 1996 page 94


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