John J. Minor's Second Street Barbershop Listing in William's Ohio State Directory, 1875-1876.

ID: 696 ~ Source: William's Ohio State Directory, 1875-1876, Local History Department, Portsmouth Public Library.

This file appears in: John J. Minor's Barbershop and "New Light" on the Underground Railroad

John J. Minor's Second Street Barbershop Listing in William's Ohio State Directory, 1875-1876.

This file appears in: John J. Minor's Barbershop and "New Light" on the Underground Railroad

John J. Minor's Barbershop and "New Light" on the Underground Railroad

Born in 1828 in Albemarle County, Virginia, John James Minor settled in Portsmouth, Ohio in the mid-1830s, not long after the city had expelled many of its Black residents during its infamous “Black Friday” enforcement of Ohio laws requiring African…