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Brett McKay here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness Podcast.

The Barbershop has been an important institution in the African-American community for generations,

but what many don't know is that up until about the reconstruction era,

pretty much all Barbers the United States, whether they cut the hair of a white man or a black man,

they were African-American.

And that barbering provided many black men a good enough living to enter the upper middle class,

even back in the 19th century.

Well, today in the show, I talked to historian Douglas Bristol about his book

recounting this lost part of American Mill history.

It's called Knights of the Razor, Black Barbers and Slavery and Freedom,

and today on the show, Doug and I discussed the rise of the Black Barbers and Slaveholding States in the South.

The influence Black Barbers had in the white community,

and how Black Barbers paved the way for the modern Barbershop.

We also discussed the factors that led to the segregation of the Barbershop,

and why the Barbershop maintained a stronger legion among Black men compared to the white counterparts.

Really fascinating show after the show's over, check out the show notes at aewim.is slash black barber.

Douglas Bristol, welcome to the show.

Why, Brett, I'm glad to be here.

So you're a professor of history.

You got a great book out that I read because Barbershops are something we're interested

here at the Art of Manliness, but you explore the history of Barbershops,

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