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Against All Odds: The First Black Legislators in Mississippi, website, February 15, 2022:
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web page title (Jacob Allen Ross; born circa 1848)
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https://much-ado.net/legislators/legislators/jacob-a-ross/
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Jacob Allen Ross (circa 1848 to unknown) was a member of Mississippi's State House in 1871. He was a minister and attorney. Ross and William Gray were reportedly involved in a violent shooting incident in Greenville, Mississippi.