1856-05, Unnamed enslaved girl, Violence (Physical Assault)
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Title
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1856-05, Unnamed enslaved girl, Violence (Physical Assault)
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Description
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An unnamed enslaved girl of approximately 10-11 years of age, while staying at the boardinghouse of hotel keeper Lucy Terrell, was severely beaten by University of Virginia student and lodger at Terrell's boarding house, Noble Beveridge Noland. At the May 2, 1856 faculty meeting Noland states that this was in response to impertinence and, while he regrets the severity of the punishment, he cannot promise he wouldn't do something similar again. The faculty rules that he withdraw from the University. The next day he sends a longer letter of apology to the faculty and they reverse that decision and let him off with nothing more than a reprimand.
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Event Type
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Violence: Physical assault
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Action Status
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Completed
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Date
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May 1856
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Location
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Lucy Terrell's boardinghouse, Charlottesville, Virginia
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Source
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May 2, 1856 Minutes of the Faculty of the University of Virginia, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library,
University of Virginia
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Transcript
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Primary Participant
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Unnamed girl
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Freedom Status
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Enslaved
