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Item set Named Black Individuals, 19th Century
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  • Aaron, a black man dressed formally in a jacket and tie

    Aaron Burton

    Listed among college custodial staff/"servants" in the 1880s and 1890s

  • Alex

    Labored on campus in the 1850s.
  • Alex, an older black man dressed formally in a jacket and tie

    Alex Helper

    Listed among college custodial staff/"servants" in the 1890s

  • Alick Helper

    Listed as "waiter in college" in the 1870s

  • Amos Caldwell

    Listed as laboring on campus in the 1870s and 1880s

  • Amos Caldwell (Jr)

    Listed as working on campus in the 1880s

  • Amy

    A woman enslaved by the Lacy family

  • Andy Byers

    Listed among "college servants" in the 1870s. Blacksmith in the town of Davidson.
  • Baxter Williamson, an older black man in a dress shirt sitting in a doorway

    Baxter Williamson

    Labored on campus for 59 years

  • David S. Baker

    One of the earliest ministers of the Davidson Presbyterian Church.

  • Ed Brown

    Listed among black citizens allowed to labor on campus in the 1890s.
  • Enoch Donaldson, an older black man dressed formally in a vest standing in front of columns.

    Enoch Donaldson

    Labored on campus for roughly 80 years

  • Esom

    Labored on campus in the 1840s.

  • George Wilson

    Listed among "college servants" from the 1870s.

  • Harriet

    Listed as a new member of the college church in June 1858.

  • Henry Simonton

    Listed among "college servants" in the 1870s.

  • Hiram Potts

    Listed as a "college servant" beginning in the 1880s.
  • Jack, a black man dressed formally in a jacket and tie

    Jack

    Listed among college custodial staff/"servants" in the 1890s
  • "Jim", a young black man dressed formally in a jacket and tie.

    Jim (Jimmerson?)

    Listed among college custodial staff/"servants" in the 1890s.

  • Jim Burton

    Listed among "college servants" in the 1870s
  • Joe, an older black man dressed formally in a jacket and tie

    Joe (Brown?)

    Listed among college custodial staff/"servants" in the 1890s

  • Joseph P. Brown

    Listed as a "servant" of Professor William Martin circa. 1900

  • Lee Davidson

    Lived in proximity to Davidson College in the 1870s.
  • Lewis, a black man dressed formally in a jacket and tie

    Lewis Allison

    Listed among college custodial staff/"servants" in the 1890s

  • Maria

    A woman enslaved by the Lacy family