John J. Minor's Barbershop on Second Street, Portsmouth, Ohio
This file appears in: John J. Minor's Barbershop and "New Light" on the Underground Railroad
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…