1860, Tom Harris, Male, Mention
- Title
- 1860, Tom Harris, Male, Mention
- Description
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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." - Event Type
- Mention
- Action Status
- Completed
- Date
- 1860
- Date Certainty
- Questionable
- Location
- Athens-Clarke County, Georgia
- Primary Participant
- Tom Harris
- Enslaver
- Colonel Hardeman
- Author
- Augustus Longstreet Hull
- Source Resource
- http://onthesegroundsuga.digilabuga.org/api/items/706
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