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"Norman's chart of the lower Mississippi River," published in 1858, is a remarkable map of all the plantations along the Mississippi River from Natchez to New Orleans. Included on this map is John R. Thompson's Chatham Plantation in Ascension Parish…

This document sheds some light on the dynamics of the 1838 sale of people from Thomas Mulledy to Henry Johnson. It lists a number of people who "remain on the Estate," several others who were "exchanged," three deaths, and six births.

In 1844, Henry Johnson renegotiated the terms of his payments to Thomas Mulledy SJ for the people he purchased in 1838. Johnson had missed a payment "owing to the difficulties of the times," and he needed more time to pay off his debt. This document…

Bill of sale transferring 84 persons, identified in the document, from Rev. Thomas Mulledy S.J. to Henry Johnson on November 29, 1838, for $29,163.

Bill of sale transferring 64 people, identified in the document, from Rev. Thomas Mulledy, S.J., to Jesse Batey of Terrebone Parish, Louisiana, for $27,057 on November 10, 1838.

Transfers 56 named persons from Thomas Mulledy to Henry Johnson for $27,057.

List of men, women, and children sold by Thomas Mulledy in 1838, with name, sex, age, family relationship, and plantation affiliation. This list was compiled from GSA63.

A list of the slaves transported from Alexandria to New Orleans on the Katherine Jackson in November and December, 1838. Many of the men, women, and children listed on this manifest were sold by Thomas Mulledy to Jesse Beatty and Henry Johnson. They…

In June 1838, Fr. Thomas Mulledy agreed to sell 272 men, women, and children to Henry Johnson and Jesse Beatty of Louisiana. The articles of agreement identify the people by name and set out the terms of the sale.