Black History in Boyle County - Shoemakers

Black History in Boyle County - Shoemakers

“In Danville, Boyle County, Kentucky, there were at least nine African American shoemakers when the census was taken in 1880.
Though nine was a small number, the African American shoemakers were the majority of the 14 or so shoemakers in the city. There
may have also been African American shoe shiners, but they are not noted as such in the census records; shoe shining was often a
secondary job that did not get listed in the census records. The m…