Sarah H. Harris was a slave owner in Athens, GA and recorded leasing slaves to the University of Georgia in the Board of Trustees' minutes and the Prudential Committee's minutes.
Established in January 5, 1827, The Athenian was Athens, Georgia first commercially successful newspaper. The Athenian newspaper ended in 1832, when it was purchased and converted into the Southern Banner.
Thomas R. R. Cobb was an American lawyer, author, politician and Confederate States Army officer. In 1841, he graduated from the University of Georgia, and served as a trustee.
Thomas Wiggins, also known as Blind Tom, was a blind enslaved musician owned and managed by James Neil Bethune, a University of Georgia alumnus. He is known for his talent as a pianist and composer, and traveled around the world showcasing his talents.
The University of Georgia is a public university, founded in 1785, becoming the first university in the United States to gain a state charter. It was established in Athens, Georgia in 1801 when the Board of Trustees, the governing body, selected a land site.
Listed in the Senatus Academicus Minutes, this ordinance includes that enslaved people are prohibited to enter the University on the Sabbath.
Transcript: "No Negro shall enter the College on the Sabbath of at any other time, except by the permission of the President ."
Listed in The Faculty Minutes Vol. I, this ordinance includes that every student will be fined one dollar who admits an enslaved person into his room without permission from Faculty. An additional dollar penalty to students who purchase any thing from an enslaved person.
Transcript: "Resolved that every student be fined one dollar who admits a negro into his room without permission of the Faculty:--and the further sum of one dollar for purchasing any thing from a negro in College."
W. S. Westmoreland is recorded in Faculty Minutes for assaulting a person of color at the University of Georgia. He also served in the Confederate Army in the 10th infantry.
