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George

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Title

George

Subject

Enslaved Person-Virginia-Shenandoah County
New Hope (Va.)

Date

September 14, 1837

Contributor

Zach Hottel

Identifier

EnslavedPerson:18395

Person Item Type Metadata

Birth Date

1812

Birthplace

Unknown

Death Date

Unknown

Occupation

Enslaved Person

Biographical Text

Lived in New Hope, Virginia (in Augusta County). George ran away in 1837. A notice about him was published in the Woodstock Sentinel, and it described him as standing five feet and ten inches tall, being slender, having a "brisk walk and straight carriage," and having a stutter.

Isaac was married to a free woman who lived in New Hope.

Bibliography

Nancy Stewart, "African Americans in Shenandoah County, Virginia Notebooks," vol. 2, book B, (2010), 250.

Additional Information

Enslaved by John Hamilton.

Citation

“George,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed November 21, 2024, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/14808.

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