Peter Barnabas Barrow

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

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.[6]

References
  1. "Barrow, Peter". Oxford African American Studies Center. doi:10.1093/acref/9780195301731.013.36147.
  2. "Peter Barnabus Barrow · Mississippi State University Libraries". msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com.
  3. "Washington's first black congregation celebrates 128 years in Spokane". krem.com.
  4. Wyngaert, Whitney. "Early African-American Pioneers in Spokane". Spokane Historical.
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  6. Hauck, Janet (January 22, 2007). "Peter Barrow (1840-1906) •".
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