Urbain Ozanne

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Born| May 8, 1835
Died| August 11, 1903
Nationality| French
Citizenship| France
Occupation| Party organizer and sheriff

Urbain Ozanne (May 8, 1835 - August 11, 1903) was a Republican Party organizer and sheriff in Panola County, Mississippi during the Reconstruction era and a businessman in Nevada operating a mail route and hotel. As sheriff in Mississippi toward the end of the Reconstruction era, he tried to stem rampant Ku Klux Klan paramilitary violence. The Mississippi Plan helped restore Democrats to power in 1875 and "Radical Republican standing in the way of a restoration of white supremacy ousted from office (redeemers).

Ozanne was born in France. In 1865 he wrote to the governor of Tennessee on behalf of a "Colored" couple whose children remained enslaved.[1] Adellan Ozanne (1857 - 1864) was buried at a plot owned by Urbain Ozanne.[2]

The Mississippi Historical Society published an account in 1913 of the Reconstruction era in Panola County lamenting "negro-carpetbag" rule and the Republicans' "Scalawag" supporters. It describes Ozanne as a Tennessee Frenchman who worked as a barber before moving to Mississippi to farm. He became active in politics as a Republican organizer. He was unpopular with white Democrats for his work to protect African Americans and their rights, especially voting.[3] His work organizing African American Republicans led to its candidates being referred to as the Ozanne faction.[4]

Ozanne owned a hotel in Nevada, Hotel Ozanne, which he deeded to his son.[5]

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1. ↑ Berlin, Ira; Reidy, Joseph Patrick; Miller, Steven F. (May 5, 1982). Freedom, a Documentary History of Emancipation, 1861-1867: v. 1. The destruction of slavery. 1985. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521417426 - via Google Books.
2. ↑ "CONTENTdm". digital.library.nashville.org.
3. ↑ Society, Mississippi Historical (May 5, 1913). "Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society" - via Google Books.
4. ↑ "Clipped From Nashville Union and American". August 31, 1873. p. 1 - via newspapers.com.
5. ↑ "The Pacific Reporter". West Publishing Company. May 5, 1906 - via Google Books.

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