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Fairinda

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Title

Fairinda

Subject

Enslaved Person-Virginia-Shenandoah County

Date

February 24, 1863

Contributor

Zach Hottel

Identifier

EnslavedPerson:18421

Person Item Type Metadata

Birth Date

Unknown

Birthplace

Unknown

Death Date

Unknown

Occupation

Enslaved Person

Biographical Text

At some point before February 24, 1863, Fairinda and her children had escaped. On February 24, she and her children were returned. When she was offered plantation goods, Fairinda responded that "she did not want anything but herself."

Bibliography

Nancy Stewart, "African Americans in Shenandoah County, Virginia Notebooks," vol. 3, book C, (2010), 367.

Additional Information

Enslaved by Sigismunda Striblin Kimball.
Kimball noted Fairinda's return in her diary.

Citation

“Fairinda,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed November 23, 2024, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/14833.

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