Holsey converted to Christianity and became a member of the Methodist church in Athens, Georgia.
Partial Transcript: "In 1858, in Athens, Ga., I was converted, and became a member of the Methodist church."
Holsey became a member of the Methodist church in Athens, Georgia.
Partial Transcript: "In 1858, in Athens, Ga., I was converted, and became a member of the Methodist church."
The Board of Trustees' expenditures include the payment of enslaved persons for $240.
Partial Transcript: "The ordinary expenditure may be estimated as follows: Negro hire... 240"
The Board of Trustees' expenditures include the payment of $250 for enslaved persons.
Partial Transcript: "Under the present organization the annual expenses may be stated as for: Servants hire... 250"
Lucy, an enslaved woman, was sold by Joseph Alexander Kenney after his father's death.
Partial Transaction: "The Negroes belonging to the estate of James Kenney, deceased, [are] Lucy, a woman, Rody, a woman, Maria, a girl about 18 or 19 years of age, and her boy child. Sold for the benefit of [Joseph A. Kenney]."
Maria, an enslaved woman, are her child were sold by Joseph Alexander Kenney after his father's death.
Partial Transaction: "The Negroes belonging to the estate of James Kenney, deceased, [are] Lucy, a woman, Rody, a woman, Maria, a girl about 18 or 19 years of age, and her boy child. Sold for the benefit of [Joseph A. Kenney]."
Rody, an enslaved woman, was sold by Joseph Alexander Kenney after his father's death.
Partial Transaction: "The Negroes belonging to the estate of James Kenney, deceased, [are] Lucy, a woman, Rody, a woman, Maria, a girl about 18 or 19 years of age, and her boy child. Sold for the benefit of [Joseph A. Kenney]."
Bart, an enslaved man owned by Henry Hull that worked on the plantation, was sold to John [possibly John Linton] after request per Bart.
Partial Transcript: "Bart, one of the plantation hands, came in one night on a pass (every negro had a pass at night to escape arrest and detention)... and said, "Mas Henry, I've had a fuss with my daddy, and I can't stay on the plantation no longer wid him. I want you to sell me." - When Bart came back he said : "Mas' John says he'll buy me." "Mas' John" was my brother in law. So Bart was sold to him and made him a faithful servant until he was freed."
Bart, an enslaved man, worked on Henry Hull's plantation, and used the cradle in the wheat field.
Partial Transcript: "And there was Big Bart of stalwart frame who could cut a wider swathe than any of them as he swung the cradle in the wheat field."
Bart requested Henry Hull to sell him due to an argument between Bart and his father.
Partial Transcript: "Bart, one of the plantation hands, came in one night on a pass, and said, "Mas Henry, I've had a fuss with my daddy, and I can't stay on the plantation no longer wid him. I want you to sell me." - My father enquired into the trouble and told Bart to stay in town the next day and think better of it. The next night he still asked that he be sold. My father told him to go and find a new master."
Bill, an enslaved man, worked on Henry Hull's plantation. He cut wood for the house fires, sharpened and cleaned knifes, and cleaned boots.
Partial Transcript: "And one legged Bill, who cut the wood for the house fires and rubbed the knives and cleaned the boots"
Billy, an enslaved man, worked as a carpenter in Athens, Georgia.
Partial Transcript: "Of the older generation Billy and Davy Hull were well known carpenters."
Davy Hull, an enslaved man, was a well-known carpenter, and worked as a college carpenter.
Partial Transcript: "[Davy] was for years the college carpenter."
Davy, an enslaved man, shingled a house near the University while making conversation with University students.
Partial Transcript: "Davy was a natural wit and had a keen sense of humor. The students called him doctor. Once a dozen of them passed him while shingling a house near the street, and began greeting him."
Jim Wood received whipping from Henry Hull after being accused of a misdemeanor.
Partial Transcript: "Jim dreaded the stout arm of the marshal, so he asked as a special favor that "Mas Henry" would whip him, promising the most irreproachable conduct in future if he would. He got off with a light punishment."
Jim Wood, an enslaved man owned by Henry Hull, was accused of being guilty of a misdemeanor.
Partial Transcript: "'Jim Wood had been guilty of some misdemeanor and had the option of being whipped by the overseer or the town marshal. It was considered a disgrace by a self-respecting negro to be whipped by the overseer"
Lewis, an enslaved man, worked for his enslaver, John H. Christy, at the Southern Watchman where he would crank the presser.
Partial Transcript: "Lewis was a slave of John H. Christy and his business was to turn the crank when the Southern Watchman went to press.
Lewis, an enslaved man, was a friend of the college students and noted for his vision disability.
Partial Transaction: "For years ''Old Tub" was the friend of the college boys and they recall him with his sightless eyes and his dilapidated beaver as one of the features of college life."
Little Buff, an enslaved man, worked on Henry Hull's plantation, and was noted for cutting down trees in the woods.
Partial Transcript: "And Little Buff, how the chips did fly from his axe as he "downed" the tall hickory in the woods."
Malinda, an enslaved woman owned by Henry Hull, worked primarily in the kitchen, cooking and baking for the Hull family.
Partial Transcript: "And old Aunt Malinda with a bandanna neatly tied around her head and a kerchief pinned across her ample bosom. What visions of hoe cake and broiled meat rind butter milk, fresh from the churn used to greet us as we came into her kitchen from a long- tramp."
Mike, an enslaved man owned by Henry Hull, worked in the cotton fields along with the other hands on the plantation.
Partial Transcript: "I well remember old Uncle Mike. The patriarch and foreman of the plantation. No hired overseer gave him orders. To his master alone was he answerable. With his white wooley head and benign black face, the asperity of his dignity softened by the courtliness of his manner, he would call up the hands with his cheerful "come boys!" and lead them to the cotton field."
Mike, an enslaved man owned by Henry Hull, as the foreman of Hull's plantation.
Partial Transcript: "And where are the old time negroes? Gone, all gone! I well remember old Uncle ]\Iike. the patriarch and foreman of the plantation. No hired overseer gave him orders. To his master alone was he answerable."
Sam Harris Watkins, an enslaved man, served as the college bell ringer, and made fires in the professor's rooms, and attended to Old and New College at the University of Georgia.
Partial Transcript: "Old Sam — by birth Harris but by freedom Watkins — was the college bell ringer. He made the fires in the professors' rooms, sometimes swept them out and was at the beck and call of every student in Old and New College."
Squire, an enslaved man, worked on Henry Hull's plantation. He mended plantation shoes and wove cotton baskets.
Partial Transcript: "Squire who had many a tale to tell as he mended the plantation shoes or wove the cotton baskets of the smooth white oak splits."
Tom Harris was a well-known enslaved man in Athens, Georgia, and mentioned to work for Colonel Hardeman and the Methodist Church.
Partial Transcript: "Among some other well known negroes who have a place in the history of Athens, Tom Harris was prominent and most portly. He was Col. Hardeman's factotum and sexton of the Methodist Church, big, fat and amiable, not especially energetic but a man of fine intelligence and respected by himself and the white people as well."
