John Jack (Q490969)
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HC-PER-39783
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Slave
Enslaved. Free before 13th Amendment. A shoemaker and farmer who unsuccessfully tried to leave his property to a woman named Violet, who was denied access due to her enslaved status. His epitaph, written by Daniel Bliss, a Tory and Harvard-educated lawyer, became famous.