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"Deaths in our Family": Fr. Neale describes the dire conditions at St. Thomas Manor, January 9, 1827
Father Francis Neale reports on the condition of Thomas Manor, where three slaves had died. Neale hired three more slaves to supply the plantation and build slave quarters.
Map of St. Inigoes, The Mobberly Diaries, Part I, ca. June 1, 1820
A map from St. Inigos plantation ca. 1820. This map indicates buildings such as a dwelling house, the place of the overseer, and the church.
"One Peck of Meal": Food Rations and Social Conditions at St. Inigoes, The Mobberly Diaries, Part I, 1820.
Br. Joseph Mobberly offers a detailed account of the amount of food allowed to each slave at St. Inigoes as well as their types of clothes and medical attention.
Julia King, Christopher L. Coogan, Scott M. Strickland, Archaeological Investigations at Newtowne Neck State Park, Formerly Newtown Manor, Compton Maryland (St. Mary's College of Maryland, St. Mary's City, Maryland, 2017)
Report of an archaeological study of Newtowne Neck State Park, the site of Newtown Manor, which was one of the Jesuit plantations in St. Mary's County, Maryland. The archaeological investigation identified locations and artifacts associated with the…
"unfit for human beings to live in": Fr. Adam Marshall to the Father General, February 6, 1821
Fr. Adam Marshall reports to the Father General in Rome the sad state of the Mission's lands and finances. He describes the slave quarters as "almost universally unfit for human beings to live in." He suggests selling property in order to ease the…