1855-08-01, Unnamed, Commercial Transaction (Enslaved hire)

Title: 1855-08-01, Unnamed, Commercial Transaction (Enslaved hire)
Description: The Board of Trustees resolved that $500 would be appropriated to the Botanical Garden for upkeep.

Partial Transcript: "That the Prudential Committee be constructed to use all possible economy in keeping the Gard in order, consistency with a proper degree of neatness & tasts in its cultivation, & in the preservation of its rare & valuable exotics. Resolved - That the sum of Five hundred dollars be & the same is hereby appropriated to the Garden."
Event Type: Commercial transaction: Enslaved hire
Action Status: Completed
Date: August 1, 1855
Location: University of Georgia Campus
Source: Board of Trustees Minutes, Vol. III, 1835-1857; Page 265
Related Event: 1855-08-01, Unnamed, Labor (Agricultural)
Freedom Status: Enslaved
Author: Asbury Hull
Organization: Board of Trustees
Price: $500
Source Resource: http://onthesegroundsuga.digilabuga.org/api/items/508
Source Site: http://onthesegroundsuga.digilabuga.org/s/otg/page/about
Cause: The Garden was in deteriorating condition.
Outcome: 1855-08-01, Unnamed, Labor (Agricultural)
Leaser: University of Georgia

1855-08-01, Unnamed, Labor (Agricultural)