Conway Barbour (c. 1818–1876) was held as a slave, worked as a ship steward, became a businessman, and lawyer.[1] He served as a state legislator in Arkansas and was elected to the Arkansas House of Representatives in 1871. Professor Victoria L. Harrison wrote the 2018 book Fight Like a Tiger: Conway Barbour and the Challenges of the Black Middle Class in Nineteenth-Century America published by Southern Illinois University Press about him.[2]
A Republican, he represented Lafayette County, Arkansas in the Arkansas House.[3]
He died in Lake Village, Arkansas.[4]