1863-01-29, Sam, Male, Commercial Transaction (Enslaved hire)

Title: 1863-01-29, Sam, Male, Commercial Transaction (Enslaved hire)
Description: Demosthenian Society considering hiring Sam to maintain their meeting space.

Partial transcript: "appoint a committee, who should confer with Negro Sam formerly waiter on this Hall, as to hiring his services per month to attend to Hall."
Event Type: Commercial transaction: Enslaved hire
Action Status: Completed
Date: 29 January 1863
Location: University of Georgia Campus
Source: Demosthenian Society Minutes, 1860-1867; Transcript page 66
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
Duration: Monthly
Task Performed: Cleaning the Hall

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