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The Priests of St. Thomas' Manor purchase Jess, January 1, 1796
Jess was bought by the Jesuits in 1796 for 70£ on a 10 month credit. His previous owner was Walter Speak.
The Procurator berates Fr. Carbery for not recording the sale of 17 enslaved persons at St. Inigoes, January 27, 1836
In this letter from 1836, the Procurator expresses his surprise that Fr. Carbery did not record the sale of 17 enslaved persons in 1835, as this was "not a sale of mere produce but of a true & real capital."
The Procurator requests Fr. Carbery inform him on the "servants lately disposed of," January 3, 1836.
In this letter from 1836, the Procurator of the Maryland Province writes to Fr. Carbery, manager of St. Inigoes, requesting that he inform him of "the number, age, & value of the men, women & child servants" recently sold. The letter refers…
The purchase of Mary and her children, February 1792
In 1792, the ledger of Bohemia plantation in Cecil County, Maryland registers the purchase of an enslaved woman named Mary and her children, Hannah and Isaac, from Samuel and John Fulton for £35.
The purchase of Peter and Priscilla, February 1804
On February 15, 1804, the Jesuits purchased Peter and his wife Prisc for St. Inigoes Plantation. They paid 400 dollars for the couple.
The ledger also indicates that on the same day they paid 3.77 to apprehend a "runaway Matt."
The ledger also indicates that on the same day they paid 3.77 to apprehend a "runaway Matt."
The purchase of two enslaved men from Mr. Matthews, 1795
On June 23, 1795, the ledger of Bohemia plantation in Cecil County, Maryland registers part of the purchase of two enslaved persons from Dr. Matthews for more than £51. The original purchase occurred on March 10 of the same year.
The Rev. Charles Sewall purchases Jane and her daughter Henny, April 9, 1803.
In this bill of sale from 1803, Dorothy Digges sells Jane and her daughter Henny to the Rev. Charles Sewall, the plantation manager for St. Thomas' Manor.
The Sale and Manumission of Regis, 1816
In 1816 the Corporation of Roman Catholic Clergymen sold Regis for 323 dollars. After 12 years of service Regis would be "free, manumitted and discharged." Sales for a term of years were anearly nineteenth-century practice of the Jesuits.
The sale of "the little boy Jery," an enslaved child at Bohemia Plantation, January 23, 1832
On January 23, 1832, Br. Heard, the manager at Bohemia plantation, registered the sale of Jery, an enslaved child. The Jesuits sold Jery to Alfred B. Thomas for $150. At a meeting in 1833, the Jesuits approved Jery's sale, as well as the sales of…
The sale of an enslaved child, March 4, 1838
In the days leading up to the sale of 1838, the Jesuits of Maryland sold a number of slaves to local slaveholders. This entry from March 4, 1838 documents one of those sales. In that transaction, the Jesuits at St. Thomas' Manor sold a "a negro boy"…