Slave Labor in Board of Trustees Minutes, Vol 3: page 349

Subject

Slave Labor

Description

This excerpt from an 1855 Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes lists examples of slave labor on the University of Georgia's campus, such as whitewashing, setting glass, and repairing blinds.

Creator

University of Georgia Board of Trustees

Format

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Language

English

Text

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The usual annual repairs, such as whitewashing-- mending of plastering, repairing fore-places of hearths- setting glass and repairing blinds &c &c. have been reflected during the vacation & by the agency of the col. servants, and the direction given by myself principally at an expense of some 10 or 12 dollars.
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Original Format

Handwritten Minutes

Citation

University of Georgia Board of Trustees, “Slave Labor in Board of Trustees Minutes, Vol 3: page 349,” African American Experience in Athens, accessed December 8, 2023, https://digihum.libs.uga.edu/items/show/86.

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