1831, Unnamed, Male, Labor (Artisanal)

Item

Title
1831, Unnamed, Male, Labor (Artisanal)
Description
Enslaved men repaired the walls of New College after it had burnt down. The wall ultimately fell and killed a student.

Partial Transcript: "In 1831, while the workman were engaged in undermining one of the walls of the burnt College, which it will be remembered as four stories high, a young man was lying on the grass at a safe distance from the wall as he supposed, watching the progress of the work, when suddenly it fell and crushed him to death."
Event Type
Labor: Artisanal
Action Status
Completed
Date
1831
Date Certainty
Approximate
Source
Memoir of Alonzo Church
Page 17
Freedom Status
Enslaved
Item sets
Labor
Site pages
Map & Timeline