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Students Attend a "Negro Dance," Faculty Meeting Minutes, Vol 3: page 29-30.

Title

Students Attend a "Negro Dance," Faculty Meeting Minutes, Vol 3: page 29-30.

Subject

Student/Enslaved Interactions

Description

This 1854 excerpt describes two students who, after being told to retire to their rooms, instead went to a house which was having a "negro dance."

Creator

University of Georgia Faculty

Source

Volume 3, 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

September 30, 1854

Format

.jpg

Language

English

Type

Record Book

Text

.....
Sept. 30
..., ..., + Hamiltion of the Senior Class and Dent of the Junior Class appeared before the Faculty. On friday night 16th between 11 + 12 o'clock at night, boisterous noise was heard in Phi Kappa Hall. The tutors went down and found the above mentioned gentlemen engaged in disorderly conduct. One of them gave some evidence in the opinion of the officer by his conduct of being somewhat under the influence of liquor. Another acknowledged afterwards that he had taken something. A pack of cards was on the table. Several of them attempted to conceal themselves. The tutor told them to go to their rooms and immediately ... but the noise being repeated he went back and repeated the request that they should retire to their rooms. Whenupon two of these, Hamilton & Dent, did so but the other two went to a house in town in which a negro dance was going on that night. They were all four put upon strict probation, fined $10 and their parents written to.
.....

Original Format

Handwritten Minutes

Collection

Minutes of the Faculty

Tags

1854, Dance, Dent, Hamilton, Interaction

Citation


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