| Sumario: | The history of slavery at the University of Georgia paralleled the experiences of other colleges during the early nineteenth century. Enslaved persons cooked for students, faculty, and administrators. They cleaned sleeping quarters, tended gardens, cared for animals, and handled the upkeep of the few campus buildings that they helped build. Slavery on campus reflected the institution of slavery in Athens at large. Missing in the histories of enslaved people and universities is the subjective experiences of slavery. This article considers evidence seen and unseen about this reality for unfree laborers, including a special class of enslaved men known as "bell-ringers." This work also raises difficult questions about our postmemory of slavery and the subsequent decades of Jim Crow.
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