Willis

Name: Willis
Sex: Male
Freedom Status: Enslaved
Living Location: University of Alabama Steward's Hall (present day Gorgas House); W. P. Barnett residence; Receipt for payment from B. Manly, The University of Alabama, to W. P. Barnett, July 25, 1846; "$10.00
Received, University of Ala. July 25. 1846 of B. Manly ten dollars, in full, for board of carpenter Willis, for two months, employed at the university. W. P. Barnett"
Work Location: University of Alabama campus
Occupation: Carpenter
Enslaver: Dr. John Owen; Basil Manly Diary III (1843-1848) image 77, May 25, 1846; "Willis, a servt of Dr. Owen, came to work, with William. His hire is $30 a month, and I am to board him, at the Hall, for $5 a month."
Leaser: The University of Alabama
Contract Terms: Hired at $30 per month
Works with: William; Moses
Additional Records: Basil Manly Diary III (1843-1848) image 139, Mar 9, 1847 (possibly helping clean up Prof. Thomas after vomiting); "Thomas was not present at the examination above mentioned – excused himself in a note to me saying that he had two recitations that day. He has time enough, however, to be in town nearly every night till a late hour – and often in the day – sometimes thrice a day.
I learn by j u p, p w c i. from p c o that he was so drunk in town last Friday night that he vomited largely, and gave a negro boy of Dr. Owen’s 2 bits to remove the filth from his clothes – I shall enquire."

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