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"Dispose of them:" Proceedings of the Corporation of Roman Catholic Clergymen, May 12, 1808
In this meeting held at Georgetown College in 1808, the Corporation of Roman Catholic Clergymen, with Bishop John Carroll in attendance, instructed plantation managers to identify "supernumerary" slaves "they may have and dispose of them to good and…
"either the missions or the College must be neglected" Mulledy to Roothaan, October 28, 1833
Mulledy writes to the Father General in Rome that the colleges and missions cannot both be sustained. Since the churches associated with the plantations are under the control of the bishop, Mulledy predicts that the bishop will eventually fill them…
"I have parted from Nelly": Fr. Woodley to Fr. Brocard, September 25, 1850.
Fr. Woodley SJ discusses a plan to deliver an enslaved woman named Nelly from Newtown to a new master. It appears from the postscript that another priest tried to prevent Nelly from being sold by writing a pass or permit to allow her to escape. …
"I send you the list of the Negroes:" Fr. Grassi arranges the transport of 11 enslaved people to St. Inigoes, February 6, 1817
Fr. John Grassi, President of Georgetown College, writes to Br. Marshall to inform him of the arrival of eleven enslaved persons to St. Inigoes. This remarkable letter also mentions the case of two men, Charles and Clem, whose marriages were being…
"I shall be obliged to sell our man not to separate man & wife" - A Jesuit priest tries to keep a family together, 1826
In this letter, Fr. Francis Neale, SJ reports that he must sell an enslaved man at St. Thomas Manor to the owner of the man's wife, who was planning to sell her and her three children. This letter demonstrates the complex family lives of people…
"In the service of the Bishop": Proceedings of the Corporation of Roman Catholic Clergymen, March 29th, 1797
In this meeting from 1797, the Corporation agreed to provide the Manager of St Thomas' Manor with 15 pounds for Alexius, a slave in the service of the Bishop.
"many of them are in very great kneed of blankets:" Fr. Fenwick to Fr. Grassi, September 22, 1816
Fr. Fenwick complains to Fr. Grassi that he does not have the resources to feed and clothe the enslaved at White Marsh. The enslaved people need blankets, clothes, and other articles. The current crop will not produce enough income to cover these…
"Masters must answer," The Mobberly Diaries, Part I, 1820
Br. Joseph Mobberly lists ten crimes that masters commit against their slaves, varying from neglect to stopping them from leading a Christian life.
"Negroes taken out of Prison": The Mobberly Diaries, Part I, 1820
Br. Joseph Mobberly describes a remarkable episode in which Fr. John Henry, the manager of the Jesuits' Bohemia farm, sold five enslaved people to a neighbor who was involved in the slave trade to Louisiana. The slaves, whom Mobberly does not…
"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.