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| name=William Mackenzie Davidson​

| name=William Mackenzie Davidson​

| birth_date=December 1857​

| birth_date=December 1857​

'''William Mackenzie Davidson''' (December 1857 – January 18, 1930) was a [[cotton]] planter, [[politician]], and civic figure in St. Joseph in Tensas Parish, [[Louisiana]], one of the [[Mississippi River]] delta parishes with majority [[African American]] populations, rich in farming, and susceptible to periodic flooding.

'''William Mackenzie Davidson''' (December 1857 – January 18, 1930) was a [[cotton]] planter, [[politician]], and civic figure in St. Joseph in Tensas Parish, [[Louisiana]], one of the [[Mississippi River]] delta parishes with majority [[African American]] populations, rich in farming, and susceptible to periodic flooding.

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==Background==​

==Background==

 

Davidson was born to  [[Scotland|Scottish]] immigrants in [[New York City]]. As a child, he was brought to Natchez, [[Mississippi]], where he later attended nearby Jefferson Military Academy. He then relocated to Waterproof in southern Tensas Parish. Despite Davidson's northern birth, his father had fought for the [[Confederate States of America|Confederacy]] in the [[American Civil War]]. In 1878, Davidson himself was among the approximately one hundred white posse members who joined parish judge and later state Senator Charles C. Cordill in crushing by force a revolt of African American resistance to the [[Segregation|segregated]] order, imposed despite the Fifteenth Amendment to the [[United States Constitution]]. From this incident, Davidson was arrested and carried to [[New Orleans]] to stand trial on fraud charges, but the case was suspended.<ref name=eastla>Frederick W. Williamson and George T. Goodman, eds. ''Eastern Louisiana: A History of the Watershed of the Ouachita River and the Florida Parishes'', 3 vols. [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]]: Historical Record Association, 1939, pp. 982-983, 985-986</ref>​

Davidson was born to  [[Scotland|Scottish]] immigrants in [[New York City]]. As a child, he was brought to Natchez, [[Mississippi]], where he later attended nearby Jefferson Military Academy. He then relocated to Waterproof in southern Tensas Parish. Despite Davidson's northern birth, his father had fought for the [[Confederate States of America|Confederacy]] in the [[American Civil War]]. In 1878, Davidson himself was among the approximately one hundred white posse members who joined parish judge and later state Senator Charles C. Cordill in crushing by force a revolt of African American resistance to the [[Segregation|segregated]] order, imposed despite the Fifteenth Amendment to the [[United States Constitution]]. From this incident, Davidson was arrested and carried to [[New Orleans]] to stand trial on fraud charges, but the case was suspended.<ref name=eastla>Frederick W. Williamson and George T. Goodman, eds. ''Eastern Louisiana: A History of the Watershed of the Ouachita River and the Florida Parishes'', 3 vols. [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]]: Historical Record Association, 1939, pp. 982-983, 985-986</ref>​

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