In the 1834 Report of the Commissioners appointed to superintend the re-building of the State Capitol, Andrew Whitaker was listed as a “laborer.” His work generated $.50 per day. Andrew likely did not keep that money; we have documentation that shows his enslaver asking for the money Andrew made. Most enslaved people were not able to retain the money their labor generated.
In the 1834 Report of the Commissioners appointed to superintend the re-building of the State Capitol, Andrew Whitaker was listed as a “laborer.” His work generated $.50 per day. Andrew likely did not keep that money; we have documentation that shows his enslaver asking for the money Andrew made. Most enslaved people were not able to retain the money their labor generated.
Alfred Wheaton was born around 1807. Though we don’t know much about his early life, we know at some point Alfred married his wife Olive Wheaton. In the 1834 Report of the Commissioners appointed to superintend the re-building of the State Capitol, he was listed as a “laborer.” His work generated $.50 per day.
Giles Stone was born on October 9th, 1815. His enslaver Sarah Stone listed his birthday on an 1819 list found in her journal. In the 1834 Report of the Commissioners appointed to superintend the re-building of the State Capitol, Giles was listed as a “quarryman.” When he began working at the Capitol, he was about 18 years old.
Glasgow Saunders was listed on the 1834 Report of the Commissioners appointed to superintend the re-building of the State Capitol. Glasgow was highly paid for this project; his labor was valued at $1.00 per day, double what the labor of most of the enslaved men generated.
A slave schedule from the 1850 federal census lists the person we believe to be Ned as 48 years old, so it is likely that Ned was born around 1802. Ned's name appears on the 1834 Report of the Commissioners appointed to superintend the re-building of the State Capitol as a “quarryman.” The state operated a quarry, which was positioned about a mile and a half southeast of the construction site.
Cabinetmaker Handy Lockhart (sometimes recorded as “Lockett” or “Locket”) helped craft more than 170 pieces of furniture, namely desks, chairs, and tables, for use in the House and Senate Chambers. He was a well-connected, politically active man of faith in the years after he gained his freedom.
Lunsford Lane was born enslaved in Raleigh on May 30, 1803. Lunsford was the only child of Clarissa and Edward Lane. Edward was enslaved originally by Colonel Joel Lane. Following Joel Lane’s death, Edward was willed to his wife Mary and then eventually bought by State Treasurer John Haywood.
Most of what we know about Friday comes from his 1883 autobiography Days of Bondage: Autobiography of Friday Jones, Being a Brief Narrative of his Tirals and Tribulations in Slavery. Friday was born enslaved in Wake County.
In the 1834 Report of the Commissioners appointed to superintend the re-building of the State Capitol, Cato Haywood was listed as a “laborer,” generating $.50 per day.
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