# Shed Dungee > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Shed_Dungee > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Shed_Dungee.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shed_Dungee > Source revision: 1282712525 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Shed Dungee** (December 25, 1831–March 30, 1900) was a cobbler, preacher and state legislator in Virginia. He served two terms in the [Virginia House of Delegates](/source/Virginia_House_of_Delegates) from 1879 to 1882. He was born enslaved and worked as a cobbler and became a preacher.[1] ## Early life Dungee was born enslaved December 25, 1831 in [Cumberland County, Virginia](/source/Cumberland_County,_Virginia)[2] to Shed and Harriet Dungee.[1] In the 1860s he trained as a cobbler and worked as one in [Cumberland County](/source/Cumberland_County,_Virginia).[1] He was thought to have been married and had children first while still a slave, and after the [American Civil War](/source/American_Civil_War) he married Mary Agnes Coleman on January 7, 1869 as a freeman, with whom he had a daughter and three sons.[1] His early education is unknown but at some point he learned to read and write, became a licensed preacher and helped found the *Slate River Colored Baptist Association* in 1877.[1] ## Politics Dungee was elected November 1879, to represent [Buckingham](/source/Buckingham_County,_Virginia) and [Cumberland](/source/Cumberland_County,_Virginia) counties in the [Virginia House of Delegates](/source/Virginia_House_of_Delegates) as a [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)).[3] When asked a few weeks later by President [Rutherford B. Hayes](/source/Rutherford_B._Hayes) to stand by the principles of the republican platform for which he would be protected in return, he declined stating he had grievances at home in Virginia that needed to be addressed.[4] Once back at home he started attending [Readjuster Party](/source/Readjuster_Party) meetings,[4] and was noted as voting along with the colored Readusters against the Republicans on the issue of State debt.[5] In his first session he introduced a resolution to allow whites and blacks to marry,[6] by repealing the laws outlawing [miscegnation](/source/Miscegnation), but was outvoted 77 to 10.[7] In 1881 he campaigned and was elected as a Readjuster again for Buckingham and Cumberland counties beating the [Democrat](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)) J. B. Ficklen.[8][1] During this session he sat on the *Public Property, on Retrenchment and Economy Committee* and the *Roads and Internal Navigation Committee*.[1] He voted for the establishing what became the [Virginia State University](/source/Virginia_State_University) and to outlaw the [whipping post](/source/Whipping_post). He did not stand for a third term but stayed interested in local Readjuster and Republican politics and was a delegate at the Republican State Convention in 1896.[1] ## Death He died March 30, 1900 and was interned in Cumberland County at the Mount Olive Baptist Church cemetery.[1] He wife died in 1918 and buried alongside him with a new shared gravestone.[1] ## See also - [Jesse Dungee](/source/Jesse_Dungee) - [African American officeholders from the end of the Civil War until before 1900](/source/African_American_officeholders_from_the_end_of_the_Civil_War_until_before_1900) ## References 1. Julienne, Marianne E. ["Shed Dungee (1831–1900)"](https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/dungee-shed-1831-1900/). *Encyclopedia Virginia* 1. ["House of Delegates History (DOME)"](https://history.house.virginia.gov/members/5883). *history.house.virginia.gov*. Retrieved 18 February 2025. 1. ["The Legislature"](https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-dispatch-the-legislature/166107515/). *Richmond Dispatch*. 14 November 1879. p. 2. Retrieved 18 February 2025. 1. ["Shed Dungee-black Delegate from Nottoway"](https://www.newspapers.com/article/new-york-daily-herald-shed-dungee-black/50401895/). *New York Daily Herald*. 7 December 1879. p. 9. Retrieved 18 February 2025. 1. ["The Colored Readjusters, Shed Dungee and W.D. Evans"](https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-valley-virginian-the-colored-readjus/127535900/). *The Valley Virginian*. 8 April 1880. p. 4. Retrieved 18 February 2025. 1. ["Shed Dungee is the Cameron candidate for re-election 1881 VA"](https://www.newspapers.com/article/staunton-spectator-shed-dungee-is-the-ca/25701641/). *Staunton Spectator*. 8 November 1881. p. 2. Retrieved 18 February 2025. 1. Dailey, Jane; Gilmore, Glenda Elizabeth; Simon, Bryant (July 21, 2020). [*Jumpin' Jim Crow: Southern Politics from Civil War to Civil Rights*](https://books.google.com/books?id=Yl3sDwAAQBAJ&dq=shed+dungee&pg=PA98). Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-21624-9. – via Google Books. 1. ["The official figures: For Members of the General Assembly and for Attorney General"](https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-dispatch-the-official-figures/166111956/). *Richmond Dispatch*. 29 November 1881. p. 1. Retrieved 18 February 2025. ## External links - [Findagrave entry](https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/155723781/shed-dungee) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Shed Dungee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shed_Dungee) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shed_Dungee?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.