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

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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.

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University of Georgia Faculty

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English

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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

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Handwritten Minutes

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University of Georgia Faculty , “An Attack and Cruel Treatment of Enslaved People by Students, Faculty Meeting Minutes, Vol. 1: page 15,” African American Experience in Athens, accessed September 25, 2023, https://digihum.libs.uga.edu/items/show/96.

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