1827-07-26, Moses, Commercial Transaction (Enslaved Hire)

Title: 1827-07-26, Moses, Commercial Transaction (Enslaved Hire)
Description: White enslaver and hotelkeeper Warner W. Minor was paid $1.50 by the University of Virginia for three days of Moses' labor. This event is recorded in the Proctor's Daybook, July 26, 1827.
Event Type: Commercial transaction: Enslaved hire
Action Status: Completed
Date: 1827-07-26
Source: Davis-Preston-Saunders Papers, 1840-1930, MSS 4951, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia
Primary Participant: Moses
Freedom Status: Enslaved
Enslaver: Warner W. Minor
Hirer: University of Virginia