Peter Barnabas Barrow

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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]

References

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