Did white elites that attended colleges in Early America ever bring slaves or servants with them to campuses?

by johngiamatti

I know this is a ridiculous question but... fuck it right?

I'm thinking of white elites that would have estates in Virginia or elsewhere in the South and might have attended Colleges or Universities like William & Mary or UVA. Crazy idea but so is slavery in the first place, right?

knot_tangled

Well, here http://library.sc.edu/digital/slaveryscc/campus-slaves--slavery.html We see that although slaves had a lot to do with construction and day to day at the College, and that professors had slaves, we denote that students were initially allowed, then later not allowed, to bring along slaves.

This appears to be the case at Virginia as well- http://encyclopediavirginia.org/Slavery_at_the_University_of_Virginia However, it appears that students brought them and housed them off campus http://uvamagazine.org/articles/unearthing_slavery_at_the_university_of_virginia

You might have a look at this book http://www.bloomsbury.com/us/ebony-and-ivy-9781608193837/ for more on slavery and the founding of some major American Universities.

Here again documents specifically mention University OFFICIALS with slaves, but mention is not made for students:[pg 19] http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/slavery/GHQ-1965.pdf

This interview with the author does indicate that some William and Mary students brought slaves with them: http://historynewsnetwork.org/article/153693

TL;DR Yes, in some cases, but so did faculty and admin.