Tuesday, September 28, 2021

The students of the Radical University: Joshua H. Augustus

Joshua Henry Augustus (b. May 1859; d. February 15, 1886)
South Carolina.  Black.  
Occupation: teacher. 

Joshua Augustus appears in the January 1876 University of South Carolina catalogue.  He is a freshman from Charleston following the modern studies track.  The university closed before he finished his degree.

After the university closed, Joshua returned to Charleston and worked as a teacher.  He died of tuberculosis (phthisis and asthenia) in 1886.

Source
1). South Carolina Department of Archives and History; Columbia, South Carolina; South Carolina Death Records; Year Range: 1875-1899; Death County or Certificate Range: Charleston.  Certificate Number: 000282.


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