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The Maryland Jesuits decide to sell Jem and his family to pay a debt to Rev. Pasquet, 1814
In this meeting from 1814, the Corporation agreed to sell Jem and his family to settle the claims of William Pasquet, a secular clergyman who had managed the Deer Creek mission.
Since 1804, the priests of the Corporation had been selling enslaved…
Since 1804, the priests of the Corporation had been selling enslaved…
"Sales of Negroes for Life": Abp. Carroll expresses his surprise that people were sold against the Corporation's orders, Oct 1815
Archbishop Carroll writes to Francis Neale in 1815 about the administration of the missions. The letter includes a reference to the sale of "Jem's family" from the Bohemia estate and unauthorized sales of people from White Marsh. Carroll expresses…