Minor
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Dublin Core
Title
Minor
Subject
Enslaved Person-Virginia-Shenandoah County
Woodstock (Va.)
Date
March 24, 1824
Contributor
Zach Hottel
Identifier
EnslavedPerson:18285
Person Item Type Metadata
Birth Date
1799 or 1800
Birthplace
Unknown
Death Date
Unknown
Occupation
Enslaved Person
Biographical Text
Jailed in Woodstock, Virginia, for being a runaway. In a notice published in the Shenandoah Herald, Minor is described as being five feet and ten inches tall, having "good countenance," and "plays well on the violin."
Bibliography
G.C. Kniesley, "Was Committed," Shenandoah Herald (Woodstock, VA), Mar. 24, 1824.
Nancy Stewart, "African Americans in Shenandoah County, Virginia Notebooks," vol. 1, book B, (2010), 316.
Additional Information
Enslaved by John McKoy (Jefferson County, Virginia).
Citation
“Minor,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed November 23, 2024, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/14706.
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