Appleton Oaksmith

Appleton Oaksmith (March 22, 1828 – October 26, 1887) was an American politician, the son of Maine-born writers Seba Smith and Elizabeth Oakes Smith. During the American Civil War, Oaksmith was charged with outfitting a ship for slave trading and was convicted, imprisoned, and escaped. Eventually Oaksmith was pardoned by President Ulysses S. Grant. During the period when he was a fugitive from the law, he engaged in blockade-running for the Confederacy, but after his pardon he served as a North Carolina legislator, where he supported the rights of ex-slaves.

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