Jack (Jack Vaun)
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Title
Jack (Jack Vaun)
Subject
Enslaved Person-Virginia-Shenandoah County
Woodstock (Va.)
Date
August 27, 1823
Contributor
Zach Hottel
Identifier
EnslavedPerson:18282
Person Item Type Metadata
Birth Date
1795 to 1798
Birthplace
Unknown
Death Date
Unknown
Occupation
Enslaved Person
Biographical Text
Jailed in Woodstock, Virginia, as a captured runaway. In a runaway notice published in the Shenandoah Herald, Jack is described as being five feet and eight inches tall, having two scars, having an assortment of clothes, and having fake papers.
Bibliography
G.C. Kniesley, "Jack -- or Jack Vaun," Shenandoah Herald (Woodstock, VA), Aug. 27, 1823.
Nancy Stewart, "African Americans in Shenandoah County, Virginia Notebooks," vol. 1, book B, (2010), 307.
Additional Information
Enslaved by Nancy Kelly (Haymarket, Virginia).
Citation
“Jack (Jack Vaun),” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed April 25, 2024, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/14703.
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