1823-06-11, Ben, Commercial Transaction (Enslaved Hire)
Item
- Title
- 1823-06-11, Ben, Commercial Transaction (Enslaved Hire)
- Description
- Ben was contracted to labor for the University of Virginia for a period of two and a half months. White enslaver Richard Ware was paid $20 for Ben's labor. This event was recorded in an entry in the Proctor's Daybook, June 11, 1823.
- Event Type
- Freedom status transaction: Sale
- Action Status
- Completed
- Date
- 1823-06-11
- Primary Participant
- Ben
- Freedom Status
- Enslaved
- Enslaver
- Richard Ware
- Hirer
- University of Virginia