Alexander King Farrar (c. 1814–1878) was a state senator, lawyer, plantation owner, and secession convention delegate in Mississippi. [1]
Farrar was a prominent slave owner [2] with a large plantation near Kingston, Mississippi. He owned about 250 slaves. [3] He represented Adams County, Mississippi in the Mississippi Senate from 1852 to 1858. He married Ann Mary Dougharty and, after her death in the 1860s, Lue Philps Lesley. [4] He was involved in investigating the murder of a plantation manager. [2] [5]
Farrar was involved in the hanging of dozens of enslaved people during the American Civil War. After the war he was involved in a plan to sell part of his plantation to freedmen. [6]
Louisiana State University has a collection of his papers. [7]
Alexander King Farrar (c. 1814–1878) was a state senator, lawyer, plantation owner, and secession convention delegate in Mississippi. [1]
Farrar was a prominent slave owner [2] with a large plantation near Kingston, Mississippi. He owned about 250 slaves. [3] He represented Adams County, Mississippi in the Mississippi Senate from 1852 to 1858. He married Ann Mary Dougharty and, after her death in the 1860s, Lue Philps Lesley. [4] He was involved in investigating the murder of a plantation manager. [2] [5]
Farrar was involved in the hanging of dozens of enslaved people during the American Civil War. After the war he was involved in a plan to sell part of his plantation to freedmen. [6]
Louisiana State University has a collection of his papers. [7]