Early life Robert James Harlan

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1 life

1.1 birth , move kentucky
1.2 birthplace , paternity
1.3 education , training





early life
birth , move kentucky

robert james harlan born on december 12, 1816 in mecklenburg county, virginia. father slave owner of mother, mary harlan, , himself. mother of mixed-race, , robert not identifiable black. in life, perhaps @ age of eight, or 3 robert , mother sent cincinnati. trip made on foot, before advent of railroad connections, , when reached danville, kentucky, received word robert s father had died , seized parts of property sold. robert purchased james harlan of danville , mother sold south. james harlan worked in dry goods, , became lawyer , politician, serving in u.s. house of representatives kentucky 1835 1839. son, john marshall harlan, born in 1833, served supreme court justice 1877 1911 , known great dissenter support of civil rights against segregationist majority court. role of robert harlan in john marshall s ideas discussed in detail in gordon (2000). robert took name harlan.


birthplace , paternity

supreme court judge john marshall harlan


it suggested robert s father kentucky master, james harlan, contradicting story father died during robert s trip mother cincinnati. gordon (2000) traces theory short biography of robert in dictionary of american negro biography paul mcstallworth published in 1983, based on biography of robert in cincinnati union on december 13, 1934, 37 years after robert s death , places robert s birth in harrodsburg, kentucky, home of james harlan. newspaper articles during , after harlan s life biography written him during life state robert born in virginia , james harlan did not become robert s master until later. however, loren beth proposes in biography of john marshall harlan if robert born in virginia, may have been john marshall harlan s grandfather, named james, fathered robert.


education , training

when robert reached schooling age, james, sent him village school @ harrodsburg along own sons. robert special in regards, while master ambivalent slavery, did not routinely educate slaves. black janitor notified school robert black, , robert discharged school, occurrence led robert joke later in life had half day s schooling. robert close james older sons, richard , james, , when children came home school, robert study same lessons of other children, , became educated. robert made money hunting , selling coonskins, , moved louisville learned barber. @ 16, robert opened store @ harrodsburg, harlan s had moved in 1820s. @ 19 had saved enough money buy race horse. point, harlan began racing , gambling on horses throughout south , southwest success.


although not formally freed, 1840, robert moved lexington, kentucky appears in records free man of color . year james harlan moved frankfurt, kentucky become kentucky s secretary of state.


later, married woman lexington , sold shop in harrodsburg , opened grocery in lexington. time reverend john tibbs tarred , feathered , run out of kentucky work educating black children, , harlan decided lexington not safe place live , moved louisville. in 1840s, harlan , wife had 5 daughters.








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