Items

• Petition for permission to remain in the Commonwealth, 1825-12-14

  Billy Brown, a 'free man of colour,' had purchased his freedom 9 years earlier and since that time, had been employed by H-SC. Learning that the laws of Virginia required manumitted slaves to leave the state, he petitioned the Virginia General Assembly to be allowed to remain. A number of prominent white men signed the petition attesting to his character but the GA denied the petition. This event chronicles the filing of his second petition, also denied.

• Petition for permission to remain in the Commonwealth, 1824-12-07

  Billy Brown, a 'free man of colour,' had purchased his freedom 9 years earlier and since that time, had been employed by H-SC. Learning that the laws of Virginia required manumitted slaves to leave the state, he petitioned the Virginia General Assembly to be allowed to remain. A number of prominent white men signed the petition attesting to his character but the GA denied the petition.

• Record of cash paid by William Gaines for John, 1784-06-19

  Record of payment from William Gaines for "John, purchased of Ira Graves" for 75 pounds, June 19, 1784.

• Payment by Hampden-Sydney College for the hire of "college servant"

  Board approved payment for hire of "college servant." No other details provided.

• Prohibition on hiring 'other' enslaved labor

  Board of Trustees Resolved that "no student shall employ any other than the servants of the College for cutting and carrying wood without the consent of the Curator"

• Record of charge forJohn, 1786-02-10

  Record of charge to Smith Blakey for John, February 10, 1786.

• Hire of unnamed servant

  Board of Trustee authorized the payment of Dr. Draper $70 for unnamed servant hire.

• Claim for payment for medical attention to servant Billy, June 11-12, 1851

  Claim for payment for medical attention to servant Billy, June 11-12, 1851. The money to be paid out of monies in the hands of the curator due for Billy's hire

• Trustee resolution to pay Peter McViar for "Servant Hire"

  Board of Trustees Resolution to pay to Peter McViar for Servant Hire $192.68 with interest on $188 from Dec. 23, 1837 until paid

• Payment by Hampden-Sydney College for the hire of Lewis, property of President Jonathan P. Cushing

  Board of Trustee minutes authorizing the payment of the Administrator of Jonathan P. Cushing's estate for the hire of Lewis for the part of the year 1836 at the rate of 10 a month.

• Paxton emancipating enslaved people and sending them to Liberia

  Rev. J.D. Paxton, formerly pastor to College church, emancipated "7 or 8 [enslaved persons], mostly small" who were sent to Liberia

• Petition of freed Billy Brown to the Viriginia General Assembly to remain in Virginia, 1818

  Billy Brown, a 'free man of colour,' had purchased his freedom 9 years earlier and since that time, had been employed by H-SC. Learning that the laws of Virginia required manumitted slaves to leave the state, he petitioned the Virginia General Assembly to be allowed to remain. A number of prominent white men signed the petition attesting to his character but the GA denied the petition (he filed a second petition, also denied, several years later).

• Committee formed to purchase or hire a servant for the use of the College

  Committee of the Board of Trustees formed to purchase or hire a servant (enslaved person) for the use of the College, as they may judge most expedient.

• Hire of Negro David by Hampden-Sydney College, prior to 1 January 1803

  The record of Major James Morton presenting an account for the hire of "Negro David" who had been employed in the service of the College. The payment of 14.19.3 pounds sterling was allowed. Recorded in the minutes of the trustees 1 January 1803
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  Hire of Agg to Henry Jones for one year

  Record of college trustee Francis Watkins hiring Agg, a slave owned by his nephew Robert Watkins, a H-SC student, to Henry Jones for one year, for a recorded price of 2000 lbs of tobacco.

• Purchase of John by the trustees of Briery Church, February 16, 1768

  Record of inventory of enslaved persons "belonging to Briery Church" as of November 8, 1774, that identifies the purchase date of Nell, a female, and John, a boy, as February 16, 1768, for a total of 67.10.0 pounds. Briery Church was one of three local Presbyterian congregations charged with raising funds toward the founding of Hampden-Sydney College.

• Purchase of Nell by the trustees of Briery Church, February 16, 1768

  Record of inventory of enslaved persons "belonging to Briery Church" as of November 8, 1774, that identifies the purchase date of Nell, a female, and John, a boy, as February 16, 1768, for a total of 67.10.0 pounds. Briery Church was one of three local Presbyterian congregations charged with raising funds toward the founding of Hampden-Sydney College.