1826-08-02, Unnamed, Commercial Transaction (Enslaved hire)

Title: 1826-08-02, Unnamed, Commercial Transaction (Enslaved hire)
Description: An enslaved person was hired to clean buildings, including the Library, Philosophical, and Chemical academic buildings, on campus.

Partial Transcript: "Your Committee observe that a college servant is maintained at the expense of your treasury. His services are greatly needed in cleaning the buildings."
Event Type: Commercial transaction: Enslaved hire
Action Status: Potential
Date: August 2, 1826
Date Certainty: Inferred
Location: University of Georgia Campus
Outcome: 1826-08-02, Unnamed, Labor (Domestic)
Source: Board of Trustees Minutes, Vol. II, 1817-1835; Page 160
Related Event: 1826-08-02, Unnamed, Labor (Domestic)
Freedom Status: Enslaved
Author: Asbury Hull
Leaser: University of Georgia
Organization: Board of Trustees