1860, Sam, Male, Labor (Domestic)
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1860, Sam, Male, Labor (Domestic)
Description
Sam Harris Watkins, an enslaved man, served as the college bell ringer, and made fires in the professor's rooms, and attended to Old and New College at the University of Georgia.
Partial Transcript: "Old Sam — by birth Harris but by freedom Watkins — was the college bell ringer. He made the fires in the professors' rooms, sometimes swept them out and was at the beck and call of every student in Old and New College."
Partial Transcript: "Old Sam — by birth Harris but by freedom Watkins — was the college bell ringer. He made the fires in the professors' rooms, sometimes swept them out and was at the beck and call of every student in Old and New College."
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Date
1860
