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18th Century
GSA123: James Carroll, "An account of my negroes," September 27, 1715
GSA368: Deed of gift between William Hunter, SJ and Thomas Jameson, January 30, 1717
GSA224: The Margaret, 1718
GSA315: St. Inigoes overseer contract, 1743
GSA248: Bohemia's schoolmaster pays Ben and Jack, two enslaved men, 1746
GSA223: "Charity to Negroes:" Rev. George Hunter's reflections on the treatment of slaves, 1749
GSA252: Children born into slavery at Bohemia, 1750-1760
GSA157: Children born into slavery at Newtown, 1752-1770
GSA39: Children born into slavery at Port Tobacco, February 22, 1755 through April 2, 1778
GSA245: The Jesuits of Bohemia purchase Tom, April 1756
GSA323: St. Inigoes enslaved community, c. 1760
GSA47: Rev. Joseph Mosley's record of baptisms in St. Joseph's and St. Mary's County, August 14, 1760 through September 5, 1799 (transcription)
GSA246: The Jesuits of Bohemia purchase Charles, April 1761
GSA247: Summer clothes for the enslaved at Bohemia, June 1761
GSA46: Marriage register for Southern Maryland, the Eastern Shore, and Delaware, December 1762 through January 28, 1802 (transcription)
GSA53: White Marsh memorandum, 1764
GSA66: Enslaved people at St. Joseph mission, Talbot County, Md., March 18, 1765 through November 4, 1770
GSA64: The Maryland Missions, April 23, 1765
GSA49: Baptisms in St. Mary's County, Md., recorded by Rev. James Walton SJ, November 29, 1766 through August 11, 1794 (transcription)
GSA316: Abraham runs away, November 16, 1767
GSA458: John Ashton places a runaway advertisement for Tom, June 15, 1775
GSA159: Births at Newtown, 1782-1796
GSA203: Rev. Leonard Neale purchases Charles from Rev. Sewall SJ, July 1788
GSA311: Distribution of blankets at Bohemia Plantation, 1787-1792
GSA31: Proceedings of the General Chapter at White Marsh, May 15, 1789
GSA184: The Sale of Nell and her son Perry, July 1790
GSA309: The hire of free and enslaved men at Bohemia Plantation, July 12, 1790
GSA185: A Payment for Esther, July 15, 1790
GSA186: Medical Treatment for Stephen, September 8, 1790
GSA306: "The Yearly Allowance of Clothes" at Bohemia, c. 1790
GSA156: Slaves at Newtown before 1791
GSA299: Inoculations at Bohemia, February 22, 1791
GSA183: The sale of Kate, Jonathan, and Bob to John Carty, July 1791
GSA30: Edward Queen petitions for his freedom, October 15, 1791
GSA249: The sale of Sarah and Jerry from Bohemia, 1791
GSA330: Medical visits to Georgetown College's enslaved community, May 1792
GSA96: The College hires "Nat Negro," January 4, 1792 through January 4, 1795
GSA109: Clem Hill defrays sons' College expenses through the labor and sale of enslaved persons, February 9, 1792 through November 7, 1793
GSA250: The purchase of Mary and her children, February 1792
GSA230: The sale of William to Robert Milligan, Bohemia, March 1792
GSA62: The College hires Sukey, March 27, 1792 through March 27, 1797
GSA254: Child Labor at Bohemia Plantation, July 1792
GSA255: The sale of Dina, Jacob, and Jemima for tools and a gray mare, 1792
GSA307: Distribution of shoes at Bohemia Plantation, 1792
GSA300: Garden patches at Bohemia, 1792
GSA253: The sale of Mary and her children from Bohemia, April 1793
GSA304: People bought and sold at Bohemia Plantation, 1794-1795
GSA7: The Marriage of David and Phillis at Georgetown, January 1, 1795
GSA423: Runaway Ad for the Queen Family, 1795
GSA256: The purchase of two enslaved men from Mr. Matthews, June 1795
GSA155: "Money arriving from the Sale of Negroes:" Proceedings of the Corporation of Roman Catholic Clergy, Aug. 25, 1795
GSA339: Payments to the enslaved community at Bohemia Plantation, September 1795
GSA110: College director Peter Carlisle borrows money from Georgetown to purchase a person, December 9, 1795
GSA340: Winter clothes for the enslaved community at Bohemia Plantation, December, 1795
GSA308: Winter clothes for the enslaved at Bohemia, 1795-1796
GSA297: St. Inigoes tax assessments, 1795-1841
GSA318: Newtown tax assessments, 1795-1838
GSA213: The Jesuits of St. Thomas' Manor purchase Jess, January 1, 1796
GSA259: Fr. Ambrose Maréchal hires out Joseph from Bohemia Plantation, February 1, 1796
GSA228: Sale of Henny from Bohemia, April 1796
GSA111: The College hires Milly, May 1, 1796 through October 10, 1796
GSA301: Fr. Ambrose Maréchal is advised not to give Ralph his freedom, July 1796
GSA374: A payment for Alexius, August 15, 1796
GSA164: "In the service of the Bishop": Proceedings of the Corporation of Roman Catholic Clergymen, March 29th, 1797
GSA334: Freedom Bond for Patrick Barnes, an enslaved man from Bohemia Plantation, 1797
GSA302: Thomas O'Donald violently assaults Old Davy, September 2, 1797
GSA421: Runaway Ad for Charles and Patrick Mahoney, 1798
GSA335: Fr. Ambrose Maréchal hires out James, a blacksmith from Bohemia Plantation, January 11, 1798
GSA116: An unnamed enslaved woman labors and dies at the College, January 8, 1798 through December 31, 1798
GSA115: The College hires Joseph, Nicolas, and Lealam from the Fevrier Family, April 16, 1798 through January 5, 1802
GSA214: Jesuits buy an enslaved woman for 145 pounds of pork, May 18, 1798
GSA215: The Sale of John for $240, September 17, 1798
GSA305: Census of "Black People" at Bohemia Plantation, 1798
GSA231: Boarder James Kannady hires Zellam, an enslaved person at the College, 1799
GSA152: "Bohemia affairs": Proceedings of the Corporation of Roman Catholic Clergy, Oct. 9, 1799
GSA240: Georgetown College hires Jane, an enslaved woman, 1799
GSA117: The College hires Peter, October 28, 1799 through October 28, 1801
GSA93: The College hires Sukey and Becky, March 1800 to November 1803
GSA128: Stephen and Tempey "Boath Ran away" from the College, March 25, 1800 through October 1800
GSA118: The College hires out Zealam to Mrs. McDermott, July 15, 1800
GSA261: Undated inventory of enslaved people and livestock at White Marsh and Fingal, ca. late 18th century
19th Century
GSA119: Boarder sells "Negro Man George" to College, March 14, 1801
GSA332: The Marriage of William and Sarah, May 3, 1801
GSA165: An Injurious Manumission: Proceedings of the Corporation of Roman Catholic Clergymen, May 5, 1801
GSA310: Census of "Black People" at Bohemia Plantation, 1801
GSA67: President of Georgetown College Rev. Leonard Neale buys a man named Wat, March 31, 1802
GSA153: St. Joseph's farm inventory, including the names, number, and age of slaves, 1803
GSA422: Runaway Ad for Isaac and Moses from White Marsh, 1803
GSA333: The Marriage of Ben and Nell, March 13, 1803
GSA221: The Rev. Charles Sewall purchases Jane and her daughter Henny, April 9, 1803
GSA324: "The power of managers to dispose unruly slaves," May 24, 1803
GSA216: Nancy buys her daughter Sophia to set her free, September 19, 1803
GSA121: Several students purchased "servants attendance," May 23, 1803 through September 15,1804
GSA120: The College hires out "Negro George" to cobbler Thomas Hyde, December 8, 1803 through July 5, 1805
GSA375: The sale of Frank, January 1804
GSA98: The College hires several enslaved persons from Ann Fenwick, January 1804 through January 1806
GSA376: The purchase of Peter and Priscilla, February 1804
GSA158: Disposal of "Supernumerary" Slaves: Proceedings of the Roman Catholic Clergy, April 25th, 1804
GSA122: Joseph Stone hires out "Negro Charles" to William Nevitt, July 22, 1804 through July 28, 1805
GSA199: Coffin and Burial for Phil, August 1804
GSA327: The Corporation refuses to pay Rev. Ashton's legal fees for Mahoney v. Ashton, November 28, 1804
GSA238: Georgetown College hires Polley and Suckey from Charles Boarman, 1804
GSA313: St. Inigoes tax assessment, 1804
GSA317: Censuses of Newtown's enslaved population for taxation, 1804-1831
GSA426: Runaway Ad for William Castle, 1804
GSA127: Georgetown College rosters, including servants and slaves, January 1, 1805 through January 1, 1816
GSA377: Hiring "servants" at the College, February 1805
GSA204: Bishop Leonard Neale provisions his Slaves at Georgetown College, 1805
GSA103: "Spalding has runned away": Leonard Neale to Francis Neale on the management of the Missions, July 15, 1805
GSA241: The Corporation of Roman Catholic Clergymen orders the sale of "superfluous slaves" to pay debts, July 1805
GSA243: Georgetown College pays to capture Spalding, a runaway slave, August 1805
GSA100: "The sale of two unnecessary negroes": Bishop Carroll to Fr. Neale proposing the sale of people, November 12, 1805
GSA38: Slaves born at Newtown, April 5, 1806 through 1835
GSA424: Runaway Ad for Michael from White Marsh, 1806
GSA106: "4 Sick Grown Hands": Letter from Fr. Brooke to Fr. Neale on a disease outbreak among the enslaved population of Newtown, October 1806
GSA112: The President of Georgetown, Robert Molyneux, asks Fr. C. Neale to secure payment for Suckey, October, 1806
GSA229: Georgetown College hires a slave from Charles Boarman, February 1807
GSA124: Boarder sells Isaac to College, March 10, 1807
GSA419:Edward Queen's Certificate of Freedom, 1807
GSA101: "An Unfounded Claim": Bishop Carroll berates the President of Georgetown College for his claims of ownership over the people enslaved at Bohemia, December 1807
GSA95: Future President of Georgetown College, Rev. Francis Neale, Purchases an Unnamed Enslaved Woman, 1808
GSA166: "Dispose of them:" Proceedings of the Corporation of Roman Catholic Clergymen, May 12, 1808
GSA196: A Loan to Buy Len, Oct 18, 1808
GSA177: The sale of George and two families, June 1809
GSA178: "To Humane and Christian Masters:" The Disposal of Sarah's Children, June 1809
GSA179: Resolution to apprehend Tom, June 1809
GSA201:Valuation of George Fenwick's Slaves, 1809
GSA29: Priscilla Queen petitions for her freedom, January 8, 1810
GSA431: Rev. John Ashton's will, February 12, 1810
GSA425: Runaway Ad for Harry Shorter, 1810
GSA97: The College sells an unnamed "Negro Woman" to Philip Bussard, July 6, 1810
GSA427: Sarah's Certificate of Freedom, 1810
GSA372: Rev. Eden receives the profits of the sale of three enslaved persons, June 1811
GSA197: Bishop Neale hires out Stashy and Jenny to the College, March 2, 1812
GSA104: A "Multiplicity of Deaths": Fr. Mobberly to Fr. Grassi, on a series of deaths that occurred at St. Inigos, 1812
GSA149: A "Great Coat to Old Billy": Will of Rev. John Rosseter, O.S.A., 1812
GSA321: St. Inigoes tax assessment, March 12, 1813
GSA257: The death of Peter at Georgetown College, March 24, 1813
GSA369: The Maryland Jesuits discuss and resolve to sell the majority of their enslaved community, May 1813- June 1814
GSA16: Cassimir, from John McElroy Journal, July 18, 1813
GSA325: The Corporation of Roman Catholic Clergymen sells two people to the Rev. Germain Bitouzey, LS, September 14, 1813
GSA326: The Corporation of Roman Catholic Clergymen authorizes a servant for the Rev. Malavé, September 14, 1813
GSA17: The number of our family, from John McElroy Journal, November 30, 1813
GSA18: Feast of St. Xavier, from John McElroy Journal, December 3, 1813
GSA19: Total number of persons, 1814, from John McElroy Journal, January 1, 1814
GSA20: Isaac runs away, but is captured and sold, from John McElroy Journal, January 29-30, 1814
GSA45: Runaway ad for Isaac, February 1, 1814
GSA130: The College pays runaway Isaac's jail fees, February 9, 1814
GSA371: The Maryland Jesuits decide to sell Jem and his family to pay a debt to Rev. Pasquet, June 1814
GSA21: A "negro woman" left at the College, from John McElroy Journal, July 5, 1814
GSA347: Fr. Francis Neale describes difficulties arranging slave marriages and British pillaging during the War of 1812.
GSA22: The number of persons at the College, from John McElroy Journal, Dec. 31, 1814
GSA198: The College hires out Billy to Mr. Holmead for a year, January, 1815
GSA58: "We are in the dark as long as we keep slaves": Fr. Joseph Mobberly SJ calculates the cost savings from emancipation, February 5, 1815
GSA233: Enslaved carpenters at Old North, 1815-1817
GSA32: Fanny & her family, September 19, 1815
GSA102: "Sales of Negroes for Life": Archbp. Carroll expresses his surprise that people were sold against the Corporation's orders, October 1815
GSA360: Bishop Neale to Fr. Lucas on the regulations for slave marriages, April 1816
GSA260: Fr. Fenwick requests approval to sell slaves from Bohemia Plantation, May 24, 1816
GSA212: Br. Mobberly purchases shoes for James, groom of St. Inigoes, July 2, 1816
GSA399: "many of them are in very great kneed of blankets:" Fr. Fenwick to Fr. Grassi, September 22, 1816
GSA134: "Valuation of Rev. Ashton's Negroes," November 11, 1816
GSA182: The Sale and Manumission of Regis, 1816
GSA322: "I send you the list of the Negroes:" Fr. Grassi arranges the transport of 11 enslaved people to St. Inigoes, February 6, 1817
GSA23: Death and burial of Billy the Blacksmith, August 16-17, 1817
GSA388: Ned is sent from the College to St. Inigoes, December 1, 1817
GSA90: Holy Trinity Church death records, 1818 through 1867
GSA24: Davy threatened with sale, January and February 1818
GSA25: Mass at Trinity Church, March 29, 1818
GSA209: Distribution of shoes at St. Inigoes, March 1818
GSA373: The manumission of Jane Smith, May 4, 1818
GSA181: The Void Sale of Catherine Venus, June 1818
GSA387: Reimbursement and prison fees for enslaved persons sold from Bohemia, August 1818
GSA48: White Marsh, Register of Baptisms, October 25, 1818 through December 10, 1822 (transcription)
GSA26: Claims to freedom, May 14, 1819
GSA72: Baptism of Sylvester, June 4, 1819
GSA27: School for Colored Persons, June 6, 1819
GSA298: Suckey's Funeral at the College Ground, 1819
GSA174: "Present State of the College," 1820
GSA136: Br. Mobberly recounts the whipping of Sucky, an enslaved woman at St. Inigoes, The Mobberly Diaries, Part I, 1820
GSA138: "One Peck of Meal": Food Rations and Social Conditions at St. Inigoes, The Mobberly Diaries, Part I, 1820.
GSA140: "Masters must answer," The Mobberly Diaries, Part I, 1820
GSA148: "Negroes taken out of Prison": The Mobberly Diaries, Part I, 1820
GSA370: The Maryland Jesuits repeal the decision to sell their enslaved community, 1820
GSA352:Fr. Cary intercedes for Becca, a runaway slave, March, 1820
GSA137: Map of St. Inigoes with "Slave House," The Mobberly Diaries, Part I, ca. June 1, 1820
GSA211: Newtown Plantation exchanges whiskey for a pair of shoes for Charles, December 1820
GSA406: "unfit for human beings to live in": Fr. Adam Marshall to the Father General, February 6, 1821
GSA400: "whose rule always is to work as little as possible": Fr. Marshall reports to Rome, March 5, 1821
GSA71: St. Inigoes tax assessment, March 21, 1821
GSA168: Clem hired out, 1821- 1827
GSA274: Hire of Michael from Margaret Fenwick, 1821
GSA440: Runaway Ad for Michael, June 13, 1822
GSA270: Outfitting for Dick and Mat, circa 1822
GSA271: Mat hired to Mr. Lunthicon [Linthicom], April 7, 1823
GSA142: "Cham's Descendants": The Mobberly Diaries, Part II, August 1823
GSA143: "Slavery is According to Reason": The Mobberly Diaries, Part II, August 1823
GSA144: "Slavery is Good, is Necessary": The Mobberly Diaries, Part II, August 1823
GSA329: Shoes for Harriette, an enslaved woman at Georgetown College, May 10, 1824
GSA275: Hire of Hariot Edelin from Margaret Fenwick, June 1824-May 1826
GSA28: William Gaston entrusts a slave named Augustus to Fr. Joseph Carberry, September 1, 1824
GSA150: Agreement between Rev. Francis Neale SJ and John Butler, a free man, January 9, 1826
GSA59: "I shall be obliged to sell our man not to separate man & wife" - A Jesuit priest tries to keep a family together, January 13, 1826
GSA226: Fr. Neale pays Georgetown College for the "boots of his servant," 1826
GSA278: Doctor's fees for Clem, January 1, 1827
GSA133: "Deaths in our Family": Fr. Neale describes the dire conditions at St. Thomas Manor, January, January 9, 1827
GSA282: "Presents" to Charly, Dick, Hilary, and Archy, April 1827
GSA54: Fr. Neale's register, St. Thomas, June 17, 1827 through March 15, 1832
GSA200: A pass for Stephen, July 5, 1827
GSA125: The College exchanges Hillary for Gabe, October 13, 1827
GSA171:"To a free colored man to buy his wife," 1827
GSA163: "For fuel, servants, &c." Regulations for students, 1828
GSA160: Gabe obtains "leave to buy himself free," 1828
GSA277: Students charged for "wages of servants," 1828
GSA405: "as bad as a Priest's Slave": Letter from Fr. Beschter, March 27, 1829
GSA285: Paid to Captain L. Neale's "black boy," 1829
GSA262: Death of Dick, 1829
GSA362: Questions regarding slavery: Rev. Thomas Mulledy, SJ to the Jesuit Superior General, January 7, 1830
GSA227: A payment for "Fr Neales servants," 1830
GSA162: James Reilly hires Stephen, 1830
GSA180: The Sale of Maria's Children, April 21st, 1830
GSA202: The Sale of Harriet by George Fenwick, SJ, August 1830
GSA420: Fr. Carberry manumits Augustin Linsey, August 2, 1830
GSA114: "One pair of shoes, one dress": Mrs. Johnson requests that Fr. Fenwick outfit a woman he sold, Oct. 1830
GSA78: Philodemic Society Debate, late 1830 or early 1831
GSA244: Philodemic Society debates about slavery, race, and secession, 1830-1875
GSA296: Slavery at St. Thomas Manor: Fr. Grivel to Fr. Roothaan, January 26, 1831
GSA135: Fr. Joseph Carbery to Fr. George Fenwick on the conditions of slaves at St. Inigoes, March 16, 1831
GSA154: "The Value of the Slaves:" State of the Farm and Mission of St. Joseph, June 28-30, 1831
GSA57: Fr. Peter Kenney, SJ.'s observations on the enslaved families at Bohemia, June 1831
GSA70: St. Inigoes tax assessment, 1831
GSA441: Permissions to Marry, 1831-2
GSA342: The sale of Jacob from Bohemia, January 23, 1832
GSA344: The sale of "the little boy Jery," an enslaved child at Bohemia Plantation, January 23, 1832
GSA345: The sale of Phillis and Mary, a woman and child enslaved at Bohemia Plantation, 1832
GSA343: The sale of James, an enslaved man from Bohemia plantation, February 5, 1832
GSA113: "She was once a slave": Sarah Brook, a woman formerly enslaved by the Fenwick Family, requests her freedom papers, May 29th, 1832
GSA222: "They all have heard:" Fr. Havermans writes to Fr. Fenwick on the sale of slaves from Newtown, July 17, 1832
GSA108:"Tired of Blacks and Business": Fr. Kenney to Fr. McElroy on the administration of the Missions, Aug. 19, 1832
GSA107: "They want them... for their Plantations": Fr. Kenney to Fr. Neale on their plans to sell a group of people to a Louisiana planter, Sept. 10, 1832
GSA449: Baptism of Noble Taylor, November 2, 1832
GSA167: "Mr. Lloyd for Archey," 1832
GSA205: Georgetown College sells Gabe, March 20, 1833.
GSA13: Report of Income &c. of Farms of St. Thomas Manor, By McSherry, likely July 1833
GSA14: Report of Income &c Newtown, By McSherry, likely July 1833
GSA15: Report on St. Inigos, By McSherry, likely July 1833
GSA242: The Corporation of Roman Catholic Clergymen approves the sale of slaves from Bohemia Plantation, August 1833
GSA34: Letter from Thomas Brown, an enslaved man at St. Louis University, October 21, 1833
GSA434: "either the missions or the College must be neglected" Mulledy to Roothaan, October 28, 1833
GSA237: "This Charge for Servants Hire is very Large," 1833
GSA293: List of slaves taxed at White Marsh in 1833
GSA236: A wedding gift for Mat, an enslaved person at the College, 1834
GSA36: The Liberia option, October 17, 1834
GSA442: The Death of Susanna Becraft, November 1834
GSA251: Report on the Maryland Provincial Congregation, July 1835
GSA359: The sale of four enslaved women at St. Thomas' Manor, July 1835
GSA80: Proslavery oration by Rev. James Ryder, SJ, August 30, 1835
GSA145: "Cash for 11 Servants," September 19, 1835
GSA396: Balance of the sale of four enslaved women, November 16, 1835
GSA129: John Hoover sells "Negro boy Mat" to the College, December 31, 1835
GSA87: "Is it expedient to sell these 300 slaves?": The Dubuisson Memorandum, 1836
GSA341: The hire of Dick, a young man at Bohemia Plantation, January, 1836
GSA350: The Procurator requests Fr. Carbery inform him on the "servants lately disposed of," January 3, 1836.
GSA94: "A Dreadful Whipping": Fr. Beschter to Fr. Leavy on the whipping of a female slave at St. Inigoes, January 7th, 1836
GSA351:The Procurator berates Fr. Carbery for not recording the sale of 17 enslaved persons at St. Inigoes, January 27, 1836
GSA433: "about the negros who must be sold" McSherry to Roothaan, 30 August 1836
GSA269: Marriage of Charles Taylor, September 22, 1836
GSA86: Fr. Roothaan, S.J. lays out the conditions for the sale of enslaved persons, December 27, 1836
GSA290: Fr. Carbery requests a tax deduction for the value of seventeen slaves sold by the Maryland Jesuits, 1836
GSA319: St. Mary's County deducts seventeen slaves from St. Inigoes' tax burden, 1836
GSA289: "we lost a boy": Fr. Carbery requests a tax deduction for six St. Inigoes slaves sold by the Jesuits, 1836
GSA235: Students at Georgetown College purchase "cloth for a servant," 1836
GSA361: Twenty Conditions of Sale, 1836
GSA286: St. Mary's County deducts two slaves from St. Inigoes' tax burden, 1837
GSA173: Financial Statement of Georgetown College, 1838
GSA131: The College hires two slaves from Mitchell Bronaugh, April 15, 1838 through January 9, 1843
GSA395: The sale of an enslaved child, March 4, 1838
GSA294: "sell all our landed property and slaves": Fr. McSherry to Fr. Roothaan, March 13, 1837
GSA312: The death and burial of Margaret Smallwood, April 21, 1837
GSA295: "the sale cannot be so urgent": Fr. McSherry to Fr. Roothaan on inflation, the slave sale, and taxes, May 13, 1837
GSA408: Duff Green plans to purchase the Maryland Jesuits' slaves and relocate them to Arkansas, February 7, 1838
GSA206: Jesse Batey advertisement, Washington Globe, May 29, 1838
GSA91: "I would be willing to take $450": Fr. Mulledy to Fr. McElroy on pricing people, June 12, 1838
GSA1: Articles of agreement between Thomas F. Mulledy, of Georgetown, District of Columbia, of one part, and Jesse Beatty and Henry Johnson, of the State of Louisiana, of the other part. June 19, 1838
GSA385: Expenses for transportation of slaves from St. Inigoes and White Marsh, June 25, 1838
GSA266: "Eliza has not yet arrived": Jesse Batey to Fr. McSherry on the expected arrival of an enslaved woman, June 27, 1838
GSA386: Proceeds from the sale of enslaved people, July 6, 1838
GSA287: St. Mary's County deducts three deceased slaves from St. Inigoes' tax burden, 1838
GSA291: Fr. Carbery identifies ten St. Inigoes slaves who were not sold to Louisiana in 1838
GSA292: An agent for Fr. Havermans requests a tax adjustment for Newtown after the 1838 sale
GSA5: List of people sold by Thomas Mulledy, Fall 1838
GSA63: Census of people to be sold in 1838
GSA358:"Apprehending Ann": Thompson & Spalding charges to William McSherry, September 28, 1838
GSA208: "What will become of me?": Fr. Havermans reports on the anguish of the slaves, October 20, 1838 and November 12, 1838
GSA207: "old Isaac is quite cheerful": Fr. Grivel to Fr. Lancaster, November 6, 1838
GSA8: Bill of sale for 56 persons from Thomas Mulledy to Henry Johnson, November 10, 1838
GSA9: Bill of sale for 64 persons from Thomas Mulledy to Jesse Batey, November 10, 1838
GSA267: "Thank God I have succeeded": Fr. Mulledy completes the sale of 272 slaves to Louisiana, November 11, 1838
GSA382: Receipt for "passage of servants," November 12, 1838
GSA384: Receipt for "horses & servants," November 18, 1838
GSA379: Receipt for transporting "thirty two slaves from Newtown to Alexandria," November 23, 1838
GSA383: Expenses for transporting slaves from St. Thomas and St. Inigoes to Alexandria, undated [likely 1838]
GSA10: Bill of sale for 84 persons from Thomas Mulledy to Henry Johnson, November 29, 1838
GSA2: Manifest of the Katherine Jackson, December 6, 1838
GSA378: Jail receipt, December 8, 1838
GSA380: "Only slaves transported to Louisiana out of the 84 slaves lot," undated est. ca. December 1838
GSA412: Maryland Province expenses, 1838
GSA413: Jesuit income from the sale of enslaved people in 1838
GSA68: Georgetown College Financial Statement, January 1, 1839
GSA210: "he is preparing a brig for carrying them:" Fr. Grivel to Fr. Lancaster, Feb 8, 1839
GSA346: "I rejoice that the matter of the negroes is concluded": Fr. Roothaan to Fr. Mulledy, March 4, 1839
GSA147: "healthy and well pleased": Henry Johnson to Fr. McSherry, SJ, April 27, 1839
GSA146: "old Isaac remained": Fr. Grivel to Fr. Lancaster, May 4, 1839
GSA357:"Carring off the servants to Washington:" Joshua F. Clarke to Thomas Mulledy, May 14, 1839
GSA404: "most baneful to religion": Abp. Eccleston to Fr. Roothaan, June 27, 1839
GSA401: "I had for a cook, at Alexandria, a black girl" Fr. Dubuisson to Fr. Roothaan, June 21 and July 2, 1839
GSA288: St. Mary's County deducts the St. Inigoes slave community from Fr. Carbery's tax burden, 1839
GSA320: St. Mary's County deducts the Newtown slave community from Rev. Neill's tax burden, 1839
GSA56: List of enslaved persons remaining on Estate and exchanged, no date--perhaps 1839
GSA79: Undated bill of sale for 11 people from Mulledy to Johnson, ca. 1839
GSA416: Mortgage of Jesse Batey to Thomas Mulledy for 64 persons, 1839
GSA417: Mortgage of Henry Johnson to Thomas Mulledy for 84 persons, 1839
GSA418: Certificate of mortgage of Henry Johnson to Thomas Mulledy for 56 persons, 1839
GSA348:"I overvalue her:" Fr. McElroy disputes the price of slaves sold to Louisiana, February 18, 1840
GSA283: Baptism of Theodore Augustin, son of Charles Taylor, March 1, 1840
GSA353: The Procurator to Fr. Sanders on the enslaved persons remaining at the White Marsh, April 30, 1840.
GSA88: "A cruel overseer": Letter from Fr. Grivel to Fr. Lancaster, May 30, 1840
GSA363: Fr. Vespre to Fr. McElroy on the indemnifications claimed by Dr. Jesse Batey, July 3, 1840
GSA403: "After the sale of the slaves...." Fr. Vespre to Fr. Roothaan, July 5 and July 13, 1840
GSA354: "There remain belonging to us only four old slave servants:" Fr. Procurator to Robert C. Brooke and Joseph J. Jones, October 23, 1840
GSA170: Charles R. Queen uses wages of an enslaved man to pay tuition costs, 1841
GSA272: Ben Branson hired by Georgetown College, 1841
GSA35: Georgetown College Financial Statement, July 31, 1841
GSA220: "Carried there in abundance:" Georgetown's Procurator objects to the food rations for black workers in the wash house, 1841
GSA448: Moses and Eliza Taylor run away, March 15, 1842
GSA394: "old Isaac... goes on, living:" Fr. Grivel to Fr. Lancaster, April 15, 1842
GSA263: Hire of Benedict Johnson, 1842
GSA276: "Jeremiah Bronaugh on account of servant men now in the Dormitory," 1843
GSA402: "the unhappy idea of Fr. Thomas F. Mulledy" Letter from Fr. Vespre to Fr. Roothaan, 12 Jan. 1843
GSA126: "Belonging to us": Fr. Dzierozynski recommends Nelly as housekeeper for Fr. Lancaster, January 29, 1843
GSA355: Fr. Vespre instructs Fr. Carbery to pay for the hire of a servant owned by Ms. Jane Smith, February 19, 1843.
GSA349: "You may sell Isaac": The Jesuits arrange the sale of Isaac Hawkins, an enslaved man jailed in Baltimore, 1843.
GSA258: Bill of sale for Len, September 4, 1843
GSA161: Cash paid to "servant" for work done at observatory, 1843
GSA225: The College hires "Mr. Pendal's Col'd Man," 1843
GSA265: Georgetown College hires Frank Butler as a cook, 1843-1846
GSA55: Henry Johnson renegotiates the terms of sale, February 17, 1844
GSA365: Fr. Vespre to Fr. Mulledy on accepting an arrangement for the payments due from the sale of 1838, March 25, 1844
GSA381: Rev. Thomas Mulledy, S.J. accepts new terms of payment, March 31, 1844
GSA356: On the management of Newtown: Fr. Vespre to Fr. Woodley, April 16, 1844
GSA452: Inventory of William Gaston's estate, April 19, 1844
GSA175: Sale of Aloysius to J. P. Gannon, 1844
GSA218: Cash paid "2 Negroes for Working at Observatory," 1844
GSA169: Student John Duncan's bills to be paid with the proceeds of cotton sale, 1845
GSA176: Hire of James Greenwell, 1845
GSA279: Hire of Jo [Edlin?] from Mary Fenwick, 1845
GSA219: Alms for freedom, 1845
GSA273: "Whiskey for servants," 1846
GSA336: Georgetown College increases Frank Butler's wages, June 1846
GSA280: "To 4 colored servants, for Christmas gift," 1846
GSA264: Payments made to Charles "on occasion of his childrens' sickness," 1847
GSA338: Fr. Nicholas Steinbacher hires Robert Thomas, an enslaved man at Newtown, 1847
GSA281: Ben and James paid for extra work during college vacation, 1847
GSA3: Letter from James Van de Velde, S.J. to Thomas Mulledy, S.J., March 28, 1848
GSA132: "She will not Rule Me": Fr. Steinbacher airs his grievances against the female slaves of Newtown, April 3, 1848
GSA82: Letter from James Van de Velde, S.J. to Ignatius Brocard, S.J., November 27, 1848
GSA328: La Tourrette's map of Louisiana, 1848
GSA337: Fr. Thomas Lilly hires three enslaved men at St. Inigoes Plantation, March 1849
GSA284: Bladen Forrest on account of servant Aaron, 1849
GSA232: Georgetown College hires Jacob, an enslaved cook, 1849-1850
GSA429: Mortgages on enslaved persons, undated (1840s)
GSA151: "I have parted from Nelly": Fr. Woodley to Fr. Brocard, September 25, 1850
GSA65: Henry Johnson's sales of enslaved persons, November 13, 1844 through January 5, 1851
GSA415: Jesse Batey Requests release from his mortgage on 64 persons, 1851
GSA436: Appraisal of Jesse Batey's West Oak estate, March 3, 1851
GSA105: James Henry Young labors for the College in slavery and in freedom, January 9, 1848 through May 5, 1864
GSA239: Georgetown College hires Salvadore, an enslaved man, 1850
GSA92: Advertisement for the sale of Jesse Batey's estate, including 119 "likely negroes," Daily Picayune, February 18, 1852
GSA389: John R. Thompson promises to build a "snug little chapel" for the enslaved community sold by the Maryland Jesuits, April 9, 1852
GSA6: Bill of sale from the heirs of Jesse Batey to Washington Barrow, January 18, 1853
GSA398: Sale of enslaved people owned by the Healy family, January 3, 1854
GSA268: Father Curley's campus map, 1854
GSA11: Bill of sale for land and people from Washington Barrow to William Patrick and Joseph B. Woolfolk, February 4, 1856
GSA37: Advertisement for Barrow & Armstrong Succession Sale, Southern Sentinel, February 23, 1856
GSA454: Runaway Ad for Nicholas, Southern Sentinel, April 12, 1856
GSA447: Marie Adrien Persac, Dr. John Dominique's Store, 1857
GSA61: Chatham plantation, from Norman's chart of the lower Mississippi River, 1858
GSA446: Map of the parishes of Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge and Iberville : including parts of the parishes of St. Martins and Ascension, Louisiana, 1859
GSA12: Bill of sale for land and people from William Patrick and Joseph Woolfolk to Emily Sparks, widow of Austin Woolfolk, July 16, 1859
GSA99: The College hires enslaved worker Aaron Edmonson, November 3, 1859 through September 26, 1862
GSA364: Advertisement for West Oak plantation, 1860
GSA60: West Oak and Chatham plantations, from P.A. Champomier, Statement of the Sugar Crop Made in Louisiana in 1860-1861..., 1861
GSA331: Alms for the funeral of Charles Taylor, September 13, 1861
GSA367: First Performance of the "Contrabands" of Georgetown College, 1861
GSA217: Compensation claim of Dr. Noble Young, May 2, 1862
GSA392: The last payment from the sale of 1838, May 20, 1862
GSA234: Compensation claim of Dr. Charles H. Liebermann, June 28, 1862
GSA75: Mrs. Emily Woolfolk contract with employees at West Oak plantation in Iberville Parish, La., April 12, 1864
GSA73: Agreement with Freedmen of Chatham Plantation in Ascension Parish, La., February 2, 1865
GSA76: Agreement with Freedmen on West Oak plantation in Iberville Parish, La., April 3, 1865
GSA74: Final Pay Roll, Chatham Plantation, Ascension Parish, La., December 31, 1865
GSA69: Louise Mason and her children: the last people enslaved by the Maryland Jesuits, May 30, 1867
GSA77: Payroll of Laborers Employed at West Oak plantation, Iberville Parish, La., October 17, 1867
GSA450: Edward Taylor searches for his family, 1885 and 1889
GSA84: Cornelius Hawkins court testimony, ca. 1892
GSA453: "Crossing the river," Iberville South, August 11, 1894
GSA89: William Harris and Basil Butler donate land to the Catholic church for a school for black children in Iberville Parish, La., September 20, 1897
GSA81: Frank Campbell photograph, ca. 1900
20th Century
GSA33: Georgetown campus map showing cemetery and "servants' house," ca. 1905
GSA303: Map of St. Thomas Manor with "tenant houses or negro huts," 1905
GSA414: Fr. Zwinge's accounts of the 1838 sale and other transactions, ca. 1909
GSA83: Louisa Mason obituary, July 22, 1909
GSA50: Map of Maryland Jesuit Stations, 17th-19th centuries, 1917
GSA409: Sanborn Fire Insurance Map of Maringouin, Louisiana, 1919
GSA435: A "slave auction" at Georgetown, September 23, 1961
21st Century
GSA52: "I know that my Bennett ancestors were slaves to the Jesuits...": Interviews with descendants in Maryland from Louis Diggs' Surviving in America, 2002
GSA44: Patricia Bayonne-Johnson, "Jesuits' Slaves in the Family," 2008
GSA4: What We Know Booklet, Fall 2015
GSA40: "272 Slaves Were Sold to Save Georgetown. What Does It Owe Their Descendants?" New York Times, April 16, 2016
GSA42: "Profile of Maxine Crump, descendant of one of the Georgetown slaves," The Hoya, April 29, 2016
GSA43: "Profile of Patricia Bayonne-Johnson, descendant of one of the Georgetown slaves," The Hoya, April 29, 2016
GSA41: "'A Million Questions’ From Descendants of Slaves Sold to Aid Georgetown." New York Times, May 20, 2016
GSA51: "Louisiana families dig into their history, find they are descendants of slaves sold by Georgetown University." The Advocate, June 19, 2016
GSA195: ARTH 354 Georgetown Memorial Proposal, 2016
GSA85: Stained glass window, Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Maringouin, La., 2017
GSA141: How Do I know If I'm Related to the GU272? A guide from the Georgetown Memory Project, 2017
GSA187: Podcast: Frank Campbell's Photograph, 2017
GSA188: Podcast: Buildings and Memorials, 2017
GSA189: Podcast: Since Last We Met, 2017
GSA190: Podcast: Humanizing the Narrative: The Queen Family, 2017
GSA191: Podcast: Education Across Generations, 2017
GSA192: Podcast: Black Students at GU and the Legacy of Slavery, 2017
GSA193: Video: The Good Work, 2017
GSA194: Video: Naming Reconciliation, 2017
GSA172: Archaeological Investigations at Newtowne Neck State Park, 2017
GSA393: "Connecting Maryland's Past to Louisiana's Present: The Georgetown 272," Louisiana State University Oral History Project, 2017
GSA397: Video: Facing Georgetown's History, 2018
GSA314: "Meet the GU272" Data Visualization, 2018
GSA366: Alex Scott's grave marker, Immaculate Heart of Mary Cemetery, Maringouin, Louisiana, 2019
GSA390: The Best Place To Start, 2019
GSA391: Timeline of the 1838 sale of the Maryland Jesuit Enslaved Community (GU272), 2019
GSA407: "Amen" by Carlos Scott, 2020
GSA410: Carlos Scott, "June 6, 2020"
GSA411: Video: The Curtain Goes Up, 2020
GSA428: A conversation with Earlene Campbell-Coleman, July 9, 2020
GSA430: Paul Rochford, "Louisa Mahoney Mason and her family," 2020
GSA432: The Price of Georgetown: A Walking Tour of Slavery, Memory, and Reconciliation at Georgetown University (2020)
GSA437: Joy Kang, "Write Their Names," 2021
GSA438: Video: With the Promise to Always Remember, 2021
GSA439: Carlos Simon, Requiem for the Enslaved, November 5, 2021
GSA443: StoryMap: Jesuit Slaveholding in Maryland (2022)
GSA444: StoryMap: The GU272 in Louisiana: West Oak Plantation (2022)
GSA445: StoryMap: The GU272 in Louisiana: Chatham Plantation (2022)
GSA451: Slaveholding and Judicial Opinions of William Gaston (2022)
GSA455: William Gaston & Slavery: A Conversation between Professor John Mikhail and Professor Adam Rothman (2023)
GSA457: Interview with Kyla Matthews (L’25), March 19, 2023
GSA456: Andrew Bordea, An interview with Henrietta Pike, May 4, 2023