Conway Barbour (1818 – 1876) was enslaved, worked as a ship steward, became a businessman, and lawyer. He served as a state legislator in Arkansas and was elected to the

Arkansas House of Representatives The Arkansas State House of Representatives is the lower house of the Arkansas General Assembly, the state legislature of the US state of Arkansas. The House is composed of 100 members elected from an equal amount of constituencies across the s ...

in 1871. Professor Victoria L. Harrison wrote 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 about him. A Republican, he represented

Lafayette County, Arkansas Lafayette County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 7,645, making it the third-least populous county in Arkansas. The county seat is Lewisville. Lafayette County was formed on October ...

in the Arkansas House. He died in

Lake Village, Arkansas Lake Village is a city in and the county seat of Chicot County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 2,575 at the 2010 census. It is located in the Arkansas Delta. Lake Village is named for its location on Lake Chicot, an oxbow lake f ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Barbour, Conway Members of the Arkansas House of Representatives 1818 births 1876 deaths Place of birth missing