1839-08-07, Unnamed, Male, Commercial Transaction (Enslaved hire)

Title: 1839-08-07, Unnamed, Male, Commercial Transaction (Enslaved hire)
Description: The Board of Trustees hired enslaved men to repair the outside of the new academic building, and paint the President's House and the Chapel Cupola.

Partial Transcript: "Resolved That the Prudential Committee be directed without delay, to exploy (sic) able workman to repair the outside of the new college building in such a manner as they may deem most proper, and also procure a Painter & have the President’s House and the Chapel Cupola repainted."
Event Type: Commercial transaction: Enslaved hire
Action Status: Completed
Date: 7 August 1839
Date Certainty: Inferred
Location: University of Georgia Campus
Cause: The Board of Trustees' concern about failing conditions around campus that they deem to be an "unpleasant situation."
Outcome: 1839-08-07, Unnamed, Male, Labor (Domestic)
Source: Board of Trustees Minutes, Vol. III, 1835-1857; Page 69
Related Event: 1839-08-07, Unnamed, Male, Labor (Domestic)
Freedom Status: Enslaved
Author: Asbury Hull
Leaser: University of Georgia
Organization: Board of Trustees
Task Performed: Repair the outside of the new college building and paint the President's House and the Chapel Cupola

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