Conway Barbour

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 about him in 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.[2]

A Republican, he represented Lafayette County, Arkansas in the Arkansas House.[3]

He died in Lake Village, Arkansas.[4]

He and two other African Americans who represented Lafayette County, Marshall M. Murray and Monroe Hawkins, are commemorated by a historical marker in Stamps, Arkansas.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Conway Barbour - Arkansas Black Lawyers". arkansasblacklawyers.uark.edu.
  2. ^ Harrison, Victoria L (November 29, 2018). Fight like a tiger: Conway Barbour and the challenges of the black middle class in nineteenth-century America. OCLC 1059451099.
  3. ^ "Encyclopedia of Arkansas". Encyclopedia of Arkansas.
  4. ^ "Conway Barbour". July 8, 1876. p. 2 – via newspapers.com.
  5. ^ https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=121211
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