1844-11-14, Unnamed, Labor

Title: 1844-11-14, Unnamed, Labor
Description: Two enslaved persons leased by the University of Georgia aided E. L. Thomas, a local planner, with retracing lots and setting up stakes around the University campus.

Partial Transcript: "Resolved, that Mr. Thomas retrace the lines around the square 3 ½ lots, and set up new stakes at the corners, and that he have the use of the two College servants, to aid him therein, and to receive for his compensation the wood in the streets and for other work he be allowed $5 per day and use of the servants."
Event Type: Labor
Action Status: Completed
Date: 14 November 1844
Location: University of Georgia Campus
Source: Prudential Committee Minutes, 1834-1857; Page 28
Freedom Status: Enslaved
Author: Asbury Hull
Leaser: University of Georgia
Organization: Prudential Committee
Task Performed: Aid E. L. Thomas