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
edit- ^ Coleman, Florence M. (2013). "Barrow, Peter". Oxford African American Studies Center. doi:10.1093/acref/9780195301731.013.36147. ISBN 978-0-19-530173-1.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Peter Barnabus Barrow · Mississippi State University Libraries". msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com.
- ^ "Washington's first black congregation celebrates 128 years in Spokane". krem.com.
- ^ Wyngaert, Whitney. "Early African-American Pioneers in Spokane". Spokane Historical.
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- ^ Hauck, Janet (January 22, 2007). "Peter Barrow (1840-1906) •".