George W. Lowe

George W. Lowe (1847 - ?) was a minister and served as a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives. He represented Monroe County, Arkansas and served in the 1889 and 1891 sessions.^[1]^[2]

Lowe was born in Hardeman County, Tennessee and was a servant until he was 15. In 1863 he became a soldier as chief musician and was discharged in 1866 when he returned home to Hardeman County.^[3]

He served as a minister in Holly Grove, Arkansas and was involved in emigration efforts in 1892.^[4] Emigration was seen as a way to escape discrimination.^[5]

References[]

^ https://cd1.saumag.edu/library/files/2018/09/Arkansas-African-American-Legislators-List.pdf
^ Gordon, Fon Louise (January 1, 2007). Caste and Class: The Black Experience in Arkansas, 1880-1920. University of Georgia Press. ISBN 9780820331300 – via Google Books.
^ "Arkansas Historical Quarterly". December 16, 1972 – via Google Books.
^ Rolinson, Mary G. (February 1, 2012). Grassroots Garveyism: The Universal Negro Improvement Association in the Rural South, 1920-1927. Univ of North Carolina Press. ISBN 9780807872789 – via Google Books.
^ Barnes, Kenneth C. (2004). Journey of Hope: The Back-to-Africa Movement in Arkansas in the Late 1800s. ISBN 9780807855508.

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[1] ttps://cd1.saumag.edu/library/files/2018/09/Arkansas-African-American-Legislators-List.pdf

[2] Gordon, Fon Louise (January 1, 2007). Caste and Class: The Black Experience in Arkansas, 1880-1920. University of Georgia Press. ISBN 9780820331300 – via Google Books.

[3] "Arkansas Historical Quarterly". December 16, 1972 – via Google Books.

[4] Rolinson, Mary G. (February 1, 2012). Grassroots Garveyism: The Universal Negro Improvement Association in the Rural South, 1920-1927. Univ of North Carolina Press. ISBN 9780807872789 – via Google Books.

[5] Barnes, Kenneth C. (2004). Journey of Hope: The Back-to-Africa Movement in Arkansas in the Late 1800s. ISBN 9780807855508.

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