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.
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
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.
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.”
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
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.
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.
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.
