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Scope and Contents

This list of persons enslaved by the College of William & Mary, circa 1780, includes the enslaved persons that were then at the College as well as those hired out.

The list has been digitized.

A transcription of this list is also available in the folder "Slaves owned by the College" in the University Archives Subject File Collection (UA 9).

Related Material

Office of the Bursar Records (UA 72)

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• College of William and Mary--History--18th century
• Slavery--Virginia--18th century
• United States--Slavery

General

Collection renamed from "List of slaves owned by the College of William and Mary" to "List of persons enslaved by the College of William & Mary" on December 11, 2019.