Corling's Corner - QA26
Posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS
N 37° 13.908 W 077° 24.291
18S E 286660 N 4123297
Historical marker indicating where enslaved individuals were rented out for a year in Petersburg.
Waymark Code: WMT4RC
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 09/25/2016
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member jhuoni
Views: 1

Text of marker:

QA 26
Corling's Corner

By the 1820s, Petersburg was developing into a major industrial city.  The backbone of the city's workforce was enslaved labor.  At his highly visible downtown intersection known as Corling's Corner, local manufacturers, railroad companies, building contractors, and private individuals inspected and rented enslaved people to work for one-year terms in their businesses and homes.  Petersburg's tobacco factories were probably the largest users of rented labor. At the end of every year, enslaved men and women were hired under a legal contract that set forth the renter's obligations to the owner.  The rental of bondspeople was quite common in the South before the Civil War. 

Marker Number: QA26

Marker Title: Corling's Corner

Marker Location: Southwest corner of Bank Street and Sycamore Street

County or Independent City: Petersburg

Marker Program Sponsor: Department of Historic Resources, 2005

Web Site: Not listed

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