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Isaac Martin

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Title

Isaac Martin

Subject

Enslaved Person-Virginia-Shenandoah County

Date

April 18, 1839

Contributor

Zach Hottel

Identifier

EnslavedPerson:18396

Person Item Type Metadata

Birth Date

ca. 1816

Birthplace

Unknown

Death Date

Unknown

Occupation

Enslaved Person

Biographical Text

Isaac Martin ran away in the spring of 1839. The notice in the newspaper, the Woodstock Sentinel, described Isaac as being five feet and eight inches tall, being slender, having a dark complexion, having a scar on his right breast, and speaking quickly.

He was committed to the Woodstock Jail on September 30, 1838.

Bibliography

Nancy Stewart, "African Americans in Shenandoah County, Virginia Notebooks," vol. 2, book B, (2010), 254.

Additional Information

Enslaved by John Ryan (near South Boston, Virginia).

Citation

“Isaac Martin,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed November 22, 2024, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/14809.

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