Cash paid to "servant" for work done at observatory, 1843
Observatory; Slavery; Georgetown College; Jesuits--History-19th century
"Expense of the Observatory" records in the Journal of the Observatory of Georgetown College, 1841-1943, lists .75 cents being paid to a "servant for work done" at the observatory in September 1843.
Georgetown University Archives
<a href="https://findingaids.library.georgetown.edu/repositories/12/resources/11146" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Journal of the Observatory of Georgetown College, 1841-1943, Georgetown College Observatory Collection, Georgetown University Archives, Booth Family Center for Special Collections, Lauinger Library, Georgetown University</a>
Georgetown Slavery Archive
September 1843
Julia Bernier, Lynn Conway
Georgetown University Archives
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English
Journal
GSA161
Cash paid "2 Negroes for Working at Observatory," 1844
Labor, Georgetown College, Jesuits-History, Jesuits-History-19th century, Observatory
Recorded in the May 1844 expense account for the college is a payment made for $8.00 to two "Negroes for working at observatory." The payment, made on May 4, does not clarify work done, the gender, or status of the African Americans-- if they were free or enslaved, whether they were hired, or from whom. <br /><br />The building of Georgetown's observatory started in 1843, under the auspices of James Ryder, SJ, President of the College and <a href="http://slaveryarchive.georgetown.edu/items/show/88" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">a prominent defender of slavery. </a><a href="http://slaveryarchive.georgetown.edu/items/show/88"><br /><br /></a>
Georgetown University Archives
<a href="https://findingaids.library.georgetown.edu/repositories/12/archival_objects/1431990">Expense Book Sept 1841- Sept 1845 (I.A.3.k) Georgetown College Financial Records: Vault Collection, Georgetown University Archives, Booth Family Center for Special Collections, Lauinger Library, Georgetown University</a>
Georgetown Slavery Archive
May 4, 1844
Julia Bernier, Elsa Barraza Mendoza
Georgetown University Library
<a href="https://slaveryarchive.georgetown.edu/items/show/175">GSA161</a>
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English
Financial Records
GSA218