William and Edward, Alabama, 1846
Item
- Title
- William and Edward, Alabama, 1846
- Description
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Handwritten receipt renting the labor of these enslaved men from Isabel Pratt to the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, signed by Basil Manly. William, a carpenter, and Edward, his apprentice, together earned their owner $45 for a month's work.
Isabel was the wife of professor Horace Pratt. - Transcript
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$45.00
Received, Tuskaloosa July 18. 1846 of B. Manly, forty-five dollars, in full for one months' wages of carpenter William and apprentice boy Edward, to this date. --
Isabel A. Pratt - Date
- 18 July 1846
- Coverage
- University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
- Source
- Digitized item
- Is Part Of
- Early University of Alabama administrative records (RG.001)
- Site pages
- Stolen Labor
- Media
William and Edward 1846