Goin and Simpson Altercation
An August 27, 1873 *Florence Times-Journal* report of an altercation between Florence mulatto barber James Goin (1836-aft. 1892) and S. Simpson resulting in both men being found guilty and fined by the mayor. James Goin was a freed mulatto barber before the Civil War who ran unsuccessfully for pr...
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| Summary: | An August 27, 1873 *Florence Times-Journal* report of an altercation between Florence mulatto barber James Goin (1836-aft. 1892) and S. Simpson resulting in both men being found guilty and fined by the mayor.
James Goin was a freed mulatto barber before the Civil War who ran unsuccessfully for probate judge of Lauderdale County in 1874 on the Republican ticket. |
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