1825-04-08, Barrett, Commercial Transaction (Enslaved Hire)

Title: 1825-04-08, Barrett, Commercial Transaction (Enslaved Hire)
Description: H. Watson, on behalf of white enslaver Lucy J. Poindexter, was paid $56 by the University of Virginia for Barrett's labor. This event is recorded in the Proctor’s Daybook, April 8, 1825. It is also noted in a separate entry, also April 8, 1825, that $2 was deducted from the payment for Barrett’s being contracted to Raglands.
Event Type: Commercial transaction: Enslaved hire
Action Status: Completed
Date: 1825-04-08
Source: Proctor's Daybook, 1821-1828, RG-5/3/2.102, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia
Related Event: 1824-01-01, Barrett, Commercial Transaction (Enslaved Hire); 1823-02-24, Barrett, Commercial Transaction (Enslaved Hire)
Primary Participant: Barrett
Freedom Status: Enslaved
Enslaver: Lucy J. Poindexter
Hirer: University of Virginia
Source Resource: https://omeka-s-dev.internal.lib.virginia.edu/api/items/657
Source Site: https://omeka-s-dev.internal.lib.virginia.edu/s/otg-uvalibrary/item