Harry
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Title
Harry
Subject
Enslaved Person-Virginia-Shenandoah County
Woodstock (Va.)
Date
October 26, 1843
Contributor
Zach Hottel
Identifier
EnslavedPerson:18413
Person Item Type Metadata
Birth Date
1803 or 1804
Birthplace
Unknown
Death Date
Unknown
Occupation
Enslaved Person
Biographical Text
Harry was a runaway who was jailed in Woodstock, Virginia (Christian Miller was the jailer). In the Sentinel of the Valley, he was described as six feet tall, 180 pounds, and "tolerably black."
Bibliography
Nancy Stewart, "African Americans in Shenandoah County, Virginia Notebooks," vol. 3, book B, (2010), 133.
Additional Information
Enslaved by James Craig (Augusta County, Virginia).
Citation
“Harry,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed May 13, 2024, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/14825.
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