1860, Lewis, Male, Mention

Title: 1860, Lewis, Male, Mention
Description: Lewis, an enslaved man, was a friend of the college students and noted for his vision disability.

Partial Transaction: "For years ''Old Tub" was the friend of the college boys and they recall him with his sightless eyes and his dilapidated beaver as one of the features of college life."
Event Type: Mention
Action Status: Completed
Date: 1860
Date Certainty: Questionable
Location: University of Georgia Campus
Source: Annals of Athens, Georgia; Pages 176-177
Primary Participant: Lewis
Freedom Status: Enslaved
Enslaver: John Harrison Christy
Author: Augustus Longstreet Hull