Sunday, April 26, 2020

The students of the Radical University: Benjamin Barber

Benjamin Barber (b. Abt 1852)
South Carolina.  Mulatto.
Occupation: Farm laborer. 
Father's occupation: Farm laborer. 

Benjamin Barber appears in the 1876 University of South Carolina catalogue.  He is a freshman from Greenville following the modern studies track.  The university closed before he finished his degree.

Benjamin can tentatively be identified as appearing in the 1870 U. S. Census and living in Greenville County with his parents Mary and Andrew.  Andrew and his son were working as a farm laborers.

Source Cited

1). 1870; Census Place: Austin, Greenville, South Carolina; Roll: M593_1498; Page: 472B.

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