Plato C. Fludd was a judge, public official, and politician in South Carolina.[1]

He had lived in Charleston and had been enslaved.[1] lived in Florence, South Carolina and was one of its first elected politicians.[2] He also served in the state legislature.[3] He represented Darlington County, South Carolina. He served as a judge and county treasurer. Governor Daniel H. Chamberlain dismissed him as a judge in 1875.[1]

Governor Robert K. Scott appointed him as an election official in 1870.[4] In 1875 the legislature passed an act allowing him to construct gates across a public lane running past his property.[5]

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  1. 1 2 3 Foner, Eric (1996). Freedom's Lawmakers : A Directory of Black Officeholders During Reconstruction. Louisiana State University Press. p. 76. OCLC 34598098.
  2. ↑ "The City of Florence Celebrates Black History Month". City of Florence. 16 February 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  3. ↑ Reynolds, John Schreiner (1905). "Reconstruction in South Carolina, 1865-1877".
  4. ↑ "Proclamation". The Daily Phoenix. 20 August 1870. p. 2.
  5. ↑ "Acts and Joint Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina". 1875.


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