1855-11-06, Unnamed, Commercial Transaction (Enslaved hire)

Title: 1855-11-06, Unnamed, Commercial Transaction (Enslaved hire)
Description: The University hired enslaved persons for annual repairs including mending the plastering, repairing windows and blinds.

Partial Transcript: "The usual annual repairs, such as whitewashing - mending of plastering, repairing [fireplaces] of hearths - setting glass & repairing blinds - have been reflected during the vacation & by the agency of the Col. servants, and the direction given by myself principally at an expense of some 10 or 12 dollars."
Event Type: Commercial transaction: Enslaved hire
Action Status: Completed
Date: 6 November 1855
Location: University of Georgia Campus
Outcome: 1855-11-06, Unnamed, Labor (Domestic)
Source: Board of Trustees Minutes, Vol. III, 1835-1857; Page 277
Related Event: 1855-11-06, Unnamed, Labor (Domestic)
Freedom Status: Enslaved
Author: Asbury Hull
Leaser: University of Georgia
Organization: Board of Trustees
Price: $10 or $12

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