John Oglethorpe

John Oglethorpe (b. ca 1860) owned and operated a dinner in Augusta, Georgia, for many years. He worked as the cook while employing several blacks as waiters. Aurelius worked the longest but was eventually let go when Oglethorpe had to close down due to ill health.

Shortly after the Great War, Oglethorpe hired Scipio as a waiter after Aurelius confirmed he knew the job by observing him during a trial period. Unfortunately, Oglethorpe had to let Scipio go in 1929 after the stock market crash and the subsequent economic downturn.