Jenny Morris
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Title
Jenny Morris
Subject
Enslaved Person-Virginia-Shenandoah County
Woodstock (Va.)
Date
May 28, 1823
Contributor
Zach Hottel
Identifier
EnslavedPerson:18281
Person Item Type Metadata
Birth Date
1773 to 1778
Birthplace
Unknown
Death Date
Unknown
Occupation
Enslaved Person
Biographical Text
Jailed in Woodstock, Virginia, as a captured runaway. Jenny was formerly enslaved by Mr. Johnson of Greenbrier. In a runaway notice published in the Woodstock Herald, Jenny is described as being five feet tall, bright, and of mixed ancestry.
Bibliography
G.C. Kniesley, "Was Committed," Woodstock Herald (Woodstock, VA), May 28, 1823.
Additional Information
Enslaved by Mathias Doubt (Augusta County, Virginia).
Citation
“Jenny Morris,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed May 19, 2024, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/14702.
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