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Mention of Enslaved Workers on Campus, Prudential Committee Meeting Minutes, 1834-1857: pages 15-16

Title

Mention of Enslaved Workers on Campus, Prudential Committee Meeting Minutes, 1834-1857: pages 15-16

Subject

Enslaved People

Description

The Prudential Committee decide to retain an enslaved man, Patrick, to work in the Botanical Garden, as well as enslaved people owned by Mrs. Sarah H. Harris as college servants.

Creator

Prudential Committee

Source

Box1, Folder 35, Prudential Committee records, UA0146, University Archives, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

http://hmfa.libs.uga.edu/hmfa/view?docId=ead/UA0146-ead.xml;query=UA0146#series2

View Photocopy Online: http://www.libs.uga.edu/hargrett/archives/prudential/1834-1857.pdf

Date

December 17, 1842

Format

.jpg

Language

English

Type

Record Book

Text

.....
On motion, Resolved that Henry Bishop be retained as Gardener in the Botanical Garden at a salary of $400 per annum the Committee reserving itself to the right of dismissing him at any time giving him on months notice and giving to Mr. Bishop a reciprocal right on the same terms.
...
Resolved that the negro man Patrick be retained as laborer in the Botanical Garden for the ensuing year at the same rates as for the present, to wit, $100.00.
Resolved that the negroes of Mrs. Harris be hired as college servants for the ensuing year at $100 each.
.....

Original Format

Handwritten Minutes

Collection

Prudential Minutes

Tags

1842, Botanical Garden, Harris, Hire, Hiring Out, Patrick, Servants, Slave Labor

Citation


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