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Dinners Prepared for Students in Beta Theta Pi, a "secret organization"
Richard McIlwaine, in his Memoirs, recalls an enslaved woman, "Aunt" Rachel, preparing meals and hosting students at the cabin she shared with her husband, Davy Ross -
Record of charge for the hire of Charles, Amy, and Child to December 25th, 1783, 1782-12-25
Record of charge to Vincent Wrenn for "hire of Charles, Amy, and Child to December 25th 1783" for tobacco, December 25, 1782. -
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. -
Publication of account of multiple surgeries on "a servant"
Surgeon John Peter Mettauer published an article describing surgeries he had undertaken to relieve the occurance of vesico-vaginal fistula in two subjects: one a 34-year old woman, and the other a 20-year old woman, described as a servant and presumably enslaved. In his article, Mettauer describes operating on the latter woman at least eight times, at least twice a year, until he "relinquished the case." Though Mettauer considered the surgical procedure on the 34-year old woman successful, all of the operations on the 20-year old woman ended in failure, which Mettauer attributed to "sexual intercourse" which he believed "defeated several of the operations." -
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. -
Lawsuit: A.D. Dickinson v. Hampden-Sydney College, 1872
In 1872, Asa Dupuy Dickinson sued the Hampden-Sydney College for nonpayment of funds for the lease of an enslaved man, David Ross, whom he owned. Dickinson was apparently awarded $804.70 for Ross's work. -
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 -
Beating of Elizabeth Keckley, circa 1822-1823
Around 1823 at four years old, while living on the campus of Hampden-Sydney College in the household of Col. Armistead Burwell, Elizabeth Keckley was tasked with taking care of the infant Elizabeth Burwell. Keckley rocked the cradle “most industriously” and the baby fell out. Keckley seized a fire-shovel to scoop up the baby, her mistress Mrs. Burwell told her to leave the child alone and “then ordered that I be taken out and lashed for my carelessness. The blows were not administered with a light hand, I assure you, and doubtless the severity of the lashing has made me remember it so well.” -
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 -
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.