Items

• 1827-02-24, Peter, Commercial Transaction (Enslaved Hire)
  White enslaver John Smith was paid $154.25 for Peter and Dick's labor. This event is recorded in an entry in the Proctor's Daybook, February 24, 1827.
• 1827-02-24, Unidentified Man (Referred to as "hire"), Commercial Transaction (Enslaved Hire)
  White enslaver Richard Poindexter was paid $98.37 by the University of Virginia for the labor of an unidentified man referred to as "hire." This event is recorded in the Proctor's Daybook, February 24, 1827.
• 1827-04-11, Unidentified Woman (Referred to as "woman"), Commercial Transaction (Enslaved Hire)
  White enslaver Elijah Brown was paid $2.40 by the University of Virginia for the labor of an unidentified woman. This event is recorded in the Proctor's Daybook, April 11, 1827.
• 1827-07-10, Unidentified Person (Referred to as "janitor"), Mention
  An unidentified janitor is mentioned in the Minutes of the Board of Visitors, July 10, 1827.
• 1827-07-26, Moses, Commercial Transaction (Enslaved Hire)
  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.
• 1827-11-12, Unidentified Person (Referred to as "hand"), Commercial Transaction (Enslaved Hire)
  White enslaver Alexander Garrett was paid $2.50 by the University of Virginia for the labor of an unidentified person (referred to as "hand"). This event is recorded in the Proctor's Daybook, November 12, 1827.
• 1827-11-26, Nelson, Commercial Transaction (Enslaved Hire)
  White enslaver J. Carr was paid $26.64 by the University of Virginia for Nelson's labor on waterworks for three-and-a-half months. This event is recorded in the Proctor's Daybook, November 26, 1827.
• 1827, Sally Cottrell Cole, Freedom Status Transaction (Manumission)
  Sally Cottrell Cole was immediately manumitted after being trafficked and purchased by white enslaver and University of Virginia Professor of Mathematics Thomas Hewitt Key upon his resignation from the University of Virginia in July 1827.
• 1827, Sally Cottrell Cole, Freedom Status Transaction (Sale)
  Sally Cottrell Cole was trafficked and sold by white enslaver Joseph Coolidge and purchased for $400 to be claimed in ownership by University of Virginia Professor of Mathematics Thomas Hewitt Key.
• 1828-01-01, Aggy, Commercial Transaction (Enslaved Hire)
  White enslaver John Hartwell Cocke contracted Aggy's labor to Captain Winn along with eleven additional enslaved persons in 1828.
• 1828-01-01, Bibbianna, Commercial Transaction (Enslaved Hire)
  White enslaver John Hartwell Cocke contracted Bibbianna's labor to Captain Winn along with eleven additional enslaved persons in 1828.
• 1828-01-01, Dilcy, Commercial Transaction (Enslaved Hire)
  White enslaver John Hartwell Cocke contracted Dilcy's labor to Captain Winn along with eleven additional enslaved persons in 1828.
• 1828-01-01, Dinah, Commercial Transaction (Enslaved Hire)
  White enslaver John Hartwell Cocke contracted Dinah's labor to Captain Winn along with eleven additional enslaved persons in 1828.
• 1828-01-01, Emily, Commercial Transaction (Enslaved Hire)
  White enslaver John Hartwell Cocke contracted Emily's labor to Captain Winn along with eleven additional enslaved persons in 1828.
• 1828-01-01, Fanney, Commercial Transaction (Enslaved Hire)
  White enslaver John Hartwell Cocke contracted Fanney's labor to Captain Winn along with eleven additional enslaved persons in 1828.
• 1828-01-01, Jenny, Commercial Transaction (Enslaved Hire)
  White enslaver John Hartwell Cocke contracted Jenny's labor to Captain Winn along with eleven additional enslaved persons in 1828.
• 1828-01-01, Louisa, Commercial Transaction (Enslaved Hire)
  White enslaver John Hartwell Cocke contracted Louisa's labor to Captain Winn along with eleven additional enslaved persons in 1828.
• 1828-01-01, Polly, Commercial Transaction (Enslaved Hire)
  White enslaver John Hartwell Cocke contracted Polly's labor to Captain Winn along with eleven additional enslaved persons in 1828.
• 1828-01-01, Unidentified Child (Referred to as "her [Polly's] child"), Commercial Transaction (Enslaved Hire)
  White enslaver John Hartwell Cocke planned to contract an unidentified enslaved child (referred to as "her [Polly's] child") to labor for Captain Winn along with eleven additional enslaved persons in 1828. This event is recorded in a manuscript found in the John Hartwell Cocke Papers, MSS 640.
• 1828-01-01, Unidentified Woman (Referred to as "nurse"), Commercial Transaction (Enslaved Hire)
  White enslaver John Hartwell Cocke planned to contract this unidentified enslaved woman (referred to as the "nurse" of Polly's child) to labor for Captain Winn along with eleven additional enslaved persons in 1828. This event is recorded in a manuscript found in the John Hartwell Cocke Papers, MSS 640.
• 1828-01-13, Unidentified Young Man (Referred to as "dining room servant"), Commercial Transaction (Enslaved Hire)
  In a letter written to white enslaver John Hartwell Cocke dated January 13, 1828, white enslaver Elizabeth Cary seeks to contract the labor of an unidentified young man she claimed in ownership. Cary described this young person as "about 16 years old a good dining room servant and perfectly honest."
• 1828-02, Unidentified Person (Referred to as "janitor"), Mention
  An unidentified janitor was mentioned in the University of Virginia's Faculty Minutes, February 1828.
• 1828-03-12, Harry, Labor
  White enslaver Alexander Garrett writes in a letter to white enslaver John Hartwell Cocke that he sends Henry to retrieve peaches from Cocke's estate. This event is recorded in a letter, March 12, 1828, in the John Hartwell Cocke Papers.
• 1828-03-23, Cato, Commercial Transaction (Enslaved Hire)
  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.
• 1828-03-24, Henry, Commercial Transaction (Enslaved Hire)
  University of Virginia Proctor Arthur Spicer Brockenbrough writes in a letter to Henry's white enslaver John Hartwell Cocke that Henry was discharged by S. Campbell after laboring "constantly" on the construction of the University's Academical Village for 13.5 days and that payment for Henry's labor will be sent to Cocke.