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St. Mary's County deducts seventeen slaves from St. Inigoes' tax burden, 1836
In May 1836, the St. Mary's County levy court removed seventeen slaves from Fr. Carbery's tax burden.
Fr. Carbery was the manager of St. Inigoes plantation. The county recorded the death of three of the slaves, and noted that the fourteen others…
Fr. Carbery was the manager of St. Inigoes plantation. The county recorded the death of three of the slaves, and noted that the fourteen others…
Fr. Carbery requests a tax deduction for the value of seventeen slaves sold by the Maryland Jesuits, 1836
On May 18, 1836, Rev. Joseph Carbery SJ, the manager of the Jesuits' St. Inigoes plantation, wrote to the clerk of the levy court of St. Mary's County to request that he remove seventeen slaves from his tax burden. Many of the slaves mentioned appear…