James Black & Jacob Buzzard

Daguerreotype of Bowie knife inventor James Black (right) and Jacob Buzzard, the first judge of Lafayette County; 1831. Black lived with Buzzard for a time.

Two young white men in suits with knives in hand

Courtesy of the Arkansas State Archives

Media

Time Period

Louisiana Purchase through Early Statehood (1803 - 1860)

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Group

Race & Ethnicity

White

Gender

Male

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