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Adam Gachet

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Adam Gachet, sometimes written Adam Gashet, was a Baptist minister and state legislator in Alabama. He represented Barbour County, Alabama.[1][2] He was enslaved until 1865.[3] He is commemorated on a historical marker listing state legislators in Alabama who were African American and served during the Reconstruction era.[4]

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  1. Bailey, Richard (August 21, 1999). They Too Call Alabama Home: African American Profiles, 1800-1999. Pyramid Pub. ISBN 978-0-9671883-0-0 via Google Books.
  2. "African-American Legislators in Reconstruction Alabama" (PDF). Alabama Department of Archives and History. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 9, 2021. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
  3. Kolchin, Peter (August 21, 2008). First Freedom: The Responses of Alabama's Blacks to Emancipation and Reconstruction. University of Alabama Press. ISBN 978-0-8173-5535-7 via Google Books.
  4. "Black Members of the Alabama Legislature Who Served During The Reconstruction Period of 1868-1879 Historical Marker - Lat34North.com". lat34north.com. Archived from the original on August 21, 2021. Retrieved August 21, 2021.