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| ===== William C. Adams (1831-1902) ===== | ===== William C. Adams (1831-1902) ===== |
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| [{{:10.2307_community.34506007-1.jpg?200 |William C. Adams in about 1875. Photo Credit: Trinity College Archives}}] | [{{:10.2307_community.34506007-1.jpg?200 |William C. Adams, ca. 1875. Photo Credit: Trinity College Archives}}] |
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| William C. Adams was born in Maryland in 1831 and arrived in Hartford in about 1841. He joined the College staff to assist James Williams in 1849. As Williams aged and his physical health declined, Adams took over the Class Day duties of serving punch. He also cared for some of the students' rooms, and did "general outside work." | William C. Adams was born in Maryland in 1831 and arrived in Hartford in about 1841. He joined the College staff to assist James Williams in 1849. As Williams aged and his physical health declined, Adams took over the Class Day duties of serving punch. He also cared for some of the students' rooms, and did "general outside work." |
| ===== Benjamin Franklin Anderson (1838-1887) ===== | ===== Benjamin Franklin Anderson (1838-1887) ===== |
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| [{{ :10.2307_community.34506008-1.jpg?200|Benjamin Franklin Anderson in about 1875. Photo Credit: Trinity College Archives}}] | [{{ :10.2307_community.34506008-1.jpg?200|Benjamin Franklin Anderson, ca. 1875. Photo Credit: Trinity College Archives}}] |
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| Benjamin Franklin Anderson, called "Franklin" in College publications, was purportedly born in the South in 1838. He was hired to assist Williams and Adams in 1867, as Williams was in failing health. “A large part of the Janitor’s duties–-in fact, nearly all except the ringing of the bell and the care of the chapel–fell to his lot at once.” When Williams died in 1878, Anderson was made Head Janitor. He was married to a woman named Eliza Jane. | Benjamin Franklin Anderson, called "Franklin" in College publications, was purportedly born in the South in 1838. He was hired to assist Williams and Adams in 1867, as Williams was in failing health. “A large part of the Janitor’s duties–-in fact, nearly all except the ringing of the bell and the care of the chapel–fell to his lot at once.” When Williams died in 1878, Anderson was made Head Janitor. He was married to a woman named Eliza Jane. |
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| ===== Adolphus A. Hall (abt. 1847-1922) ===== | ===== Adolphus A. Hall (abt. 1847-1922) ===== |
| [{{ :10.2307_community.34506009-1_1_.jpg?200|Adolphus A. Hall in about 1875. Photo Credit: Trinity College Archives}}] | [{{ :10.2307_community.34506009-1_1_.jpg?200|Adolphus A. Hall, ca. 1875. Photo Credit: Trinity College Archives}}] |
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| Adolphus A. Hall was born between 1846 and 1848 in Washington D.C. to William W and Minty Jane Keys [it is unknown whether he was enslaved]. He appears in a student's 1873-1875 photograph album, labeled in handwriting as "Adolphus." He was a member of the Trinity College staff between about 1873 and 1883. | Adolphus A. Hall was born between 1846 and 1848 in Washington D.C. to William W and Minty Jane Keys [it is unknown whether he was enslaved]. He appears in a student's 1873-1875 photograph album, labeled in handwriting as "Adolphus." He was a member of the Trinity College staff between about 1873 and 1883. |
| ===== "Professor John" ===== | ===== "Professor John" ===== |
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| [{{:10.2307_community.34506010-1.jpg?200 |Image of unidentified man labled "Prof. John" in about 1875. Photo Credit: Trinity College Archives}}] | [{{:10.2307_community.34506010-1.jpg?200 |Image of unidentified man labled "Prof. John," ca. 1875. Photo Credit: Trinity College Archives}}] |
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| During the early- to mid-19th century in the North, "Africans and Native Americans were seen and treated as servants and inferior beings. Race prejudice was firmly in place" and these men "became a fixture in the workplace...through unfailing deference to whites." ((Beeching, p. 70)) In the 1830s, Edward Abdy observed that "there is, perhaps, no city, containing the same amount of population, where the blacks meet with more contumely and unkindness than at this place [Hartford, Conn.]. Some of them told me it was hardly safe for them to be in the streets alone at night." ((Beeching, p. 17)) | During the early- to mid-19th century in the North, "Africans and Native Americans were seen and treated as servants and inferior beings. Race prejudice was firmly in place" and these men "became a fixture in the workplace...through unfailing deference to whites." ((Beeching, p. 70)) In the 1830s, Edward Abdy observed that "there is, perhaps, no city, containing the same amount of population, where the blacks meet with more contumely and unkindness than at this place [Hartford, Conn.]. Some of them told me it was hardly safe for them to be in the streets alone at night." ((Beeching, p. 17)) |
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| {{ :prof._jim.png?400|Lithograph of "Prof. Jim," by D.W. Kellogg & Co. Photo Credit: [[http://emuseum.chs.org/emuseum/objects/3046/prof-jim?ctx=61a695c42886edc2890fe4922fbb4d52b3c4645b&idx=0|Connecticut Museum of Culture and History]].}} | [{{ :prof._jim.png?400|Lithograph of "Prof. Jim," by D.W. Kellogg & Co. Photo Credit: [[http://emuseum.chs.org/emuseum/objects/3046/prof-jim?ctx=61a695c42886edc2890fe4922fbb4d52b3c4645b&idx=0|Connecticut Museum of Culture and History]]}}] |
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| Students nicknamed the men who worked at Trinity facetiously, "mocking their lowly status" ((Beeching, p. 6)) with nicknames like "Professor Jim" for James Williams and "Uncle Billy" for William Adams. This callousness was ubiquitous for the white students who viewed Williams, Adams, and others as their subordinates. As one student wrote, "Whatever were Jim's capabilities and character, his circumstances were such as to render the chance of his ever becoming the president of a college, or the chief officer of a corporation, a moral impossibility." ((Trinity //Tablet//, June 8, 1878, p. 74)) | Students nicknamed the men who worked at Trinity facetiously, "mocking their lowly status" ((Beeching, p. 6)) with nicknames like "Professor Jim" for James Williams and "Uncle Billy" for William Adams. This callousness was ubiquitous for the white students who viewed Williams, Adams, and others as their subordinates. As one student wrote, "Whatever were Jim's capabilities and character, his circumstances were such as to render the chance of his ever becoming the president of a college, or the chief officer of a corporation, a moral impossibility." ((Trinity //Tablet//, June 8, 1878, p. 74)) |
