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John Prentiss "Print" Matthews (August 27, 1840-November 6, 1883) was a Reconstruction era social reformer and African American rights advocate in Copiah County, Mississippi who was murdered in the act of voting after defying the local white supremacists order to not vote. Born near Hazlehurst, Mississippi to wealthy slave owning parents he became a Union supporter during the Civil War. After Democrats took over the area in 1875 Matthews was influential in organizing the Independent Party in Copiah County, consisting of black and white farmers. The Democrats began night riding to threaten African Americans ordering them to not vote for the Independent Party in the upcoming 1883 elections. The white Democratic leaders of Hazlehunt delivered a written ultimatum to Matthews ordering him not to vote. When he persisted, the precinct captain, a white farmer named Erastus B. "Ras" Wheeler, reached inside a wooden box for a double barreled shotgun and killed Matthews.