1828-03-23, Cato, Commercial Transaction (Enslaved Hire)

Title: 1828-03-23, Cato, Commercial Transaction (Enslaved Hire)
Description: University of Virginia Proctor Arthur Spicer Brockenbrough writes in a letter to Cato's white enslaver John Hartwell Cocke that builders William Leitch and S. Campbell will want Cato's labor to construct the University's Rotunda steps.
Event Type: Commercial transaction: Enslaved hire
Action Status: Potential
Date: 1828-03-23
Location: Academical Village; Rotunda
Source: John Hartwell Cocke Papers, 1725-1949, MSS 640, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia
Primary Participant: Cato
Freedom Status: Enslaved
Enslaver: John Hartwell Cocke