Very good condition. This is a trade size softcover book. Front cover opens an inch when book is flat. Bottom corners of front cover and first 16 pages are bumped. Other cover corners are lightly rubbed. 278 pages with index.

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Title

The Barber of Natchez - Wherein a Slave Is Freed and Rises to a Very High Standing; Whereiting and the Twelfth Winter Meeting of the Ecclesiastical Hi: Wherein a Slave Is Freed and Rises to a Very High Standing; Wherein the Former Slave Writes a Two-Thousand-Page Journal About His Town and Himself

Publisher

Softcover reprint edition, published by Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge, 1994.

Publication Date

1994

Language

English

ISBN 10

0807102121

ISBN 13

9780807102121

Binding

Soft cover

Condition

Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition

No Jacket

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Synopsis

In The Barber of Natchez, Edwin Adams Davis and William Ransom Hogan tell the remarkable story of William Johnson, a slave who rose to freedom, business success, and high community standing in the heart of the South, all before 1850. Emancipated as a young boy in 1820, Johnson became a barber's apprentice and later opened several profitable barber shops of his own. As his wealth grew, he expanded into real estate and acquired large tracts of nearby farm and timber land. The authors explore in detail Johnson's family, work, and social life, including his friendships with people of both races. They also examine his wanton murder and the resulting trial of the man accused of shooting him. More than the story of one individual, the narrative also offers compelling insight into the southern code of honor, the apprentice system, and the ownership of slaves by free blacks. Based on Johnson's two-thousand-page diary, letters, and business records, this extraordinary biography reveals the complicated life of a freedman in Mississippi and a new perspective on antebellum Natchez.

About the Author

Edwin Adams Davis was the head of the Louisiana State University Department of Archives. He graduated from Kansas State Teachers College and received his advanced degrees at the State University of Iowa and LSU.

William Ransom Hogan was head of the Department of Archives at LSU and also served as chairman of the history department at Tulane University. He is the author of The Texas Republic: A Social and Economic History.

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