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Hoole Primary Source Sets

Armistead, Alabama, 1860

Item

Title
Armistead, Alabama, 1860
Description
Handwritten receipt renting the labor of this enslaved man from A. P. Owen to the University of Alabama, Tuscalooa, Alabama, signed by George Benagh. Armistead, described as a blacksmith, earned his owner $10 for a week's work.
Transcript
$10.50 Received Tuskaloosa June 23. 1860 of Geo. Benagh Proctor of Ten dollars and fifty cents ($10.50) for hire of blacksmith Armistead during part week at the University. A. P. Owen
Date
23 June 1860
Coverage
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Is Part Of
Early University of Alabama administrative records (RG.001)
Site pages
Stolen Labor