Ben
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Title
Ben
Subject
Enslaved Person-Virginia-Shenandoah County
Woodstock (Va.)
Luray (Va.)
Date
October 8, 1823
Contributor
Zach Hottel
Identifier
EnslavedPerson:18283
Person Item Type Metadata
Birth Date
Unknown
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, Ben is described as standing five feet and seven inches tall.
Bibliography
G.C. Kniesley, "Was Committed," Shenandoah Herald (Woodstock, VA), Oct. 8, 1823.
Nancy Stewart, "African Americans in Shenandoah County, Virginia Notebooks," vol. 1, book B, (2010), 309.
Additional Information
Enslaved by Catharine Groves (Luray, Virginia).
Citation
“Ben,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed April 23, 2024, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/14704.
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