The  barber of Natchez
Subtitle: 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; wherein the free Negro diarist is appraised in terms of his friends, his code, and his community's reaction to his wanton murder
By: by Edwin Adams Davis and William Ransom Hogan.
Contributors: Hogan, William Ransom, 1908-1971, joint author.
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Published: 1973
Place of publication: Baton Rouge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9780807102121
Subjects: Johnson, William, 1809-1851.; African Americans -- Mississippi -- Natchez -- Biography.; Natchez (Miss.) -- Social life and customs.
Genres: Biography.
Table of contents: title: Part 1 : The man. William Johnson of Old Natchez; title: Slave boy to business success; title: Barbershop proprietor and businessman; title: Farmer; title: Johnson's apprentices and slaves; title: Sportsman; title: The family hearthside; title: Community position; title: Part 2 : A free negro's diary of a town. Chronicle of everyday Natchez; title: Barbershop gossip; title: Politics and politicians; title: The tranquil streets; title: Pistols, fists, and bowie knives; title: Fires, fire fighters and a tornado; title: Plasters, pills, and purgatives; title: Thespians and clowns; title: Sports of the turf; title: Aristocrats and lesser men; title: Part 3 : The diarist appraised. White associates and one great friend; title: Colored friends and associates; title: Pride and compassion; title: The last days and afterward