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An Attack and Cruel Treatment of Enslaved People by Students, Faculty Meeting Minutes, Vol. 1: page 15

Title

An Attack and Cruel Treatment of Enslaved People by Students, Faculty Meeting Minutes, Vol. 1: page 15

Subject

Student/Enslaved Interactions

Description

An excerpt from the 1823 Faculty Minutes describes several instances of violent and cruel treatment of enslaved people by students at the University of Georgia, as well as the punishment of the students.

Creator

University of Georgia Faculty

Source

Volume 1, Box 1, Faculty minutes and records, UA0149, University Archives, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

http://hmfa.libs.uga.edu/hmfa/view?docId=ead/UA0149-ead.xml;query=UA0149;brand=default

Date

June 13, 1823

Format

.jpg

Language

English

Type

Record Book

Text

June 13 1823
By the Faculty
Whereas John Clark has upon his own Confession been convicted of highly improper conduct in violently assaulting and maiming a negro without provocation, during the late vacation and at an unlawful hour of the night, and whereas the said Clark with John Scott, Robert Ware, & Thomas Ware, have upon the same grounds been convicted of cruel and barbarous treatment to a poor deranged negro man on Sunday the first of the month of June as well as of the ... and that during morning service in the Chapel from which they were illegally absent and whereas the said Clark was detected in several instances of provocation.
Therefore
Resolved that the President do at the next convocation of the students in the Chapel, publicly reprehend and admonish said Clark, Causing him to stand in the middle of the aisle and that he admonish said Scott, R. + T. Ware in their several places, warning them of their malpractices and putting them on probation for their good behavior till next Commencement.
... Waddel

Original Format

Handwritten Minutes

Collection

Minutes of the Faculty

Tags

1823, Assault, Faculty Minutes, Interaction, John Clark, John Scott, Punishment, Robert Ware, Thomas Ware, Violence

Citation


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