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Mary

Files

Dublin Core

Title

Mary

Subject

Enslaved Person-Virginia-Shenandoah County

Date

June 13, 1837

Contributor

Zach Hottel

Relation

Mother Dilly, EnslavedPerson:18368

Identifier

EnslavedPerson:18369

Person Item Type Metadata

Birth Date

Unknown

Birthplace

Unknown

Death Date

Unknown

Occupation

Enslaved Person

Biographical Text

On February 12, 1838, the Overseer of the Poor was charged to sell Mary (and her mother, Dilly) at a public sale. Their enslaver, Henry Machir, was deceased, and they were now in the Poor House.

Bibliography

Nancy Stewart, "African Americans in Shenandoah County, Virginia Notebooks," vol. 2, book A, (2010), 30.

Additional Information

Enslaved by Henry Machir (deceased).

Citation

“Mary,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed November 23, 2024, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/14785.

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