1862-03-15, Sam, Male, Labor (Domestic)

Title: 1862-03-15, Sam, Male, Labor (Domestic)
Description: The Demosthenian Society decreased Sam's pay for domestic work due to a decrease in student enrollment.

Partial transcript: "the com. appointed to investigate the case of Demosthenian Society against negro boy Sam, reported said negro boy has agreed to diminish his charges against the society for attendance on Hall, to $7.00/1.00 per annum a year in consequence of reduction of students"
Event Type: Labor: Domestic
Action Status: Completed
Date: 15 March 1862
Location: University of Georgia Campus
Source: Demosthenian Society Minutes, 1860-1867
Related Event: 1863-02-05, Sam, Male, Labor (Domestic); 1863-01-29, Sam, Male, Commercial Transaction (Enslaved hire); 1862-03-15, Sam, Male, Labor (Domestic); 1861-04-13, Sam, Male, Labor (Domestic)
Primary Participant: Samuel Watkins
Freedom Status: Enslaved
Enslaver: Sarah Herndon Harris
Leaser: Demosthenian Literary Society
Organization: Demosthenian Literary Society
Currency: Dollar
Price: $7.00

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