Major Martin Delany

Photograph

Jefferson County Museum

Name/Title

Major Martin Delany

Entry/Object ID

IMG867

Description

Framed scanned color copy of a painting of Martin Delany in his U.S. Army officer's uniform. Delany was born a free African American man in Jefferson County on May 6, 1812. President Lincoln appointed him a major in the Army in 1865.

Acquisition

Accession

317

Source or Donor

Jefferson County Black History Perservation Society

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

NB: No deeds of gift on file for items donated before 2011.