1826-08-02, Unnamed, Commercial Transaction (Enslaved hire)

Item

Title
1826-08-02, Unnamed, Commercial Transaction (Enslaved hire)
Description
An enslaved person was hired to clean the rooms of select academic buildings at the University of Georgia once a week. If he is unable to complete this task, more servants would be hired to complete the cleaning.

Partial Transcript: "That frequent scouring of the rooms be required of the College servant, and in case he should be incompetent to perform all such duty, that over servants may be employed to perform such service at the expense of the occupants of the room requiring it."
Action Status
Completed
Date
2 August 1826
Date Certainty
Inferred
Freedom Status
Enslaved
Author
Asbury Hull
Organization
Board of Trustees
Site pages
Map & Timeline

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