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A 3 page paper which examines what life was like in antebellum Mississippi based on Edwin Davis and William Hogan’s edition of “The Barber of Natchez.” Bibliography lists 1 source.
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of a free black man in antebellum Mississippi in a town called Natchez. This man, William Johnson, was a black man and a free man. He was a barber and
as such was quite a rarity it seems. His journal illustrates his life and his struggles and gives us an idea of what life was like in antebellum Mississippi for
whites and blacks. The following paper examines this particular subject based on Davis and Hogans book. Antebellum Natchez William Johnson lived in a time and place that was perhaps
unlike what most people envision when they think of the antebellum south. He was a free black man and yet was not quite considered to be Mulatto. He was something
of a rarity but yet he really had no place in society, despite the fact that he was respected by many, even white people. He was a successful man and
a man who apparently disliked the lower class whites, whom he felt he was above intellectually and economically. Such a picture presents us with a very detailed look at
life for whites and blacks in antebellum Natchez. There were upper class and lower class whites and blacks. Most blacks were not free although there was a community of Mulatto
who were generally more accepted by white society if they worked hard and proved themselves intelligent and worthy of respect. In another interesting and informative look at what the
antebellum period in Natchez was like we see that, "William Johnson (1809-1851), perhaps Mississippis best known free black, was a slaveholder as well. In 1834, the Adams County native owned
three slaves and roughly 3,000 acres in real property" (Davis). He was also a rarity in that he went on to speculate on farmland, real estate, he "owned a bath
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