Burwell, Larkin 1846-1923
Item
- Title
- Burwell, Larkin 1846-1923
- Date
- 2018-07-04
- 1846-07-09/1923-02-23
- Description
- A newspaper article from the Roanoke Times about Larkin Burwell, an enslaved man born near Fincastle, who achieved his freedom by running away to Grafton, West Virginia in 1864. He joined the U. S. Army and served until October 1865, suffering numerous injuries. He settled in Salem after the war.
- Creator
- Hadden, Lee
- Format
- image/jpeg
- Subject
- Enslaved People
- Fincastle
- Civil War (1861-1865)
- Type
- Image; Text
- Publisher
- The Roanoke Times
- Coverage
- Fincastle, Botetourt County; Roanoke, Virginia; Salem, Virginia
- Rights
- In Copyright http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
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Burwell, Larkin
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