1864-01-05, John, Commercial Transaction (Enslaved Hire)

Title: 1864-01-05, John, Commercial Transaction (Enslaved Hire)
Description: In a letter by white enslaver Elizabeth Govan Hill to J. P. Effinger, Hill agrees to being paid $250 per year by Effinger for the hired labor of John. This event is recorded in a letter, January 5, 1864, located in the Papers of John Staige Davis, MSS 1912.
Event Type: Commercial transaction: Enslaved hire
Action Status: Completed
Date: 1864-01-05
Source: Papers of John Staige Davis, Professor of Anatomy, University of Virginia, 1840-1888, MSS 1912/MSS 2842, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia
Related Event: 1861-01-13, John, Mention (Inventory); 1861-12-17, John, Mention
Primary Participant: John
Freedom Status: Enslaved
Enslaver: Elizabeth Govan Hill
Hirer: Jacob P. Effinger
Source Resource: https://omeka-s-dev.internal.lib.virginia.edu/api/items/561
Source Site: https://omeka-s-dev.internal.lib.virginia.edu/s/otg-uvalibrary/item

1861-01-13, John, Mention (Inventory)

1861-12-17, John, Mention