Ben
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Title
Ben
Subject
Enslaved Person-Virginia-Shenandoah County
Woodstock (Va.)
Date
February 9, 1825
Contributor
Zach Hottel
Identifier
EnslavedPerson:18286
Person Item Type Metadata
Birth Date
Unknown
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, Ben is described as being light complected, having a scar on his left leg (due to an ax cut), and standing five feet and six inches tall.
Bibliography
Geo. C. Kniesley, "Was Committed," Shenandoah Herald (Woodstock, VA), Feb. 9, 1825.
Nancy Stewart, "African Americans in Shenandoah County, Virginia Notebooks," vol. 1, book B, (2010), 322.
Additional Information
Enslaved by Polly Eustace (Culpeper County, Virginia).
Citation
“Ben,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed November 23, 2024, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/14707.
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