Peter Barnabas Barrow Explained

Peter Barnabas Barrow (died 1906) was a slave, soldier, state legislator, and minister in the United States. He served in the Mississippi Senate,[1] and Mississippi House of Representatives 1870-1871.[2] A photo of him is part of the Mississippi State University Libraries collection.[3] Later in life he established a Baptist church, Calvary Baptist Church, in Spokane, Washington, and served as its pastor.[4] [5] He owned an apple orchard.[6]

Barrow was believed to have been born into slavery in 1840 near Petersburg, Virginia, and to have grown up on a plantation near Cosita, Alabama. He was freed by the Union Army in 1864. In 1906 he was killed by a streetcar in Tacoma, Washington.[7]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Barrow, Peter. Oxford African American Studies Center. 2013 . 10.1093/acref/9780195301731.013.36147. 978-0-19-530173-1 . Coleman . Florence M. .
  2. Book: Foner . Eric . Freedom's Lawmakers: A Directory of Black Officeholders During Reconstruction . 1 August 1996 . LSU Press . 978-0-8071-2082-8 . en . November 5, 2022. 13 .
  3. Web site: Peter Barnabus Barrow · Mississippi State University Libraries. msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com.
  4. Web site: Washington's first black congregation celebrates 128 years in Spokane. krem.com.
  5. Web site: Early African-American Pioneers in Spokane. Whitney. Wyngaert. Spokane Historical.
  6. Web site: Black Spokane.
  7. Web site: Peter Barrow (1840-1906) •. Janet. Hauck. January 22, 2007.

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