Johnson, William, 1809-1851
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Name (Latin)
Johnson, William, 1809-1851
Other forms of name
Johnson, William Tiler, 1809-1851
Johnson, William Tiler
Date of birth
1809
Date of death
1851
Field of activity
natchez miss history 19th century social life and customs
Occupation
Businessmen
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- William Tiler Johnson; Black businessman in Natchez, Mississippi; born into slavery in 1809 but freed in 1820; apprentice barber in Natchez, eventually owning several barber shops, a bathhouse, and land and buildings which he rented out; money lender; slaveowner; murdered in a land dispute in 1851 ( ("Diary of William Johnson" via National Humanities Center website, viewed 11 October 2023) )
- William Johnson's Natchez, 1993:back cover (his diaries five an intimate portrait of life and social events in Natchez in the years leading to the Civil War)
- His Natchez, 1951.