1827-01-01, Jack, Commercial Transaction (Enslaved Hire)

Title: 1827-01-01, Jack, Commercial Transaction (Enslaved Hire)
Description: White enslaver Arthur Spicer Brockenbrough was paid $50 for Jack's labor in the University of Virginia's laboratory and library (the Rotunda). This event is recorded in the Proctor's Daybook, January 1, 1827.
Event Type: Commercial transaction: Enslaved hire
Action Status: Completed
Date: 1827-01-01
Location: Academical Village; Laboratory; Rotunda
Source: Proctor's Daybook, 1821-1828, RG-5/3/2.102, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia
Primary Participant: Jack
Freedom Status: Enslaved
Enslaver: Arthur Spicer Brockenbrough
Hirer: University of Virginia