This ledger records loans Bishop Smith made to the College. He loaned the College funds for building materials and operating expenses, and he also “hired out” some of the people he enslaved to work on the College’s classroom building. Smith added the wages that were due to him, as owners of these workers, to the mounting debt the College owed him. When Smith died, his estate sought to collect the debt, which ultimately led to the sale of some of the original College lands. Courtesy of College of Charleston Libraries, Special Collections.Download Original File
