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Report by Father McSherry on the operations and income generated by the Jesuit plantation St. Inigo's in 1833.

Rules for "disposing" of "supernumerary slaves" on the Jesuit plantations in Maryland.

Discusses sale and manumission of slaves at Bohemia.

Will Erkead reports to Fr. William McSherry in 1834 on the possibility of freeing the Maryland Province slaves and sending them to Liberia under the auspices of the Maryland Colonization Society. For more on the possibility of sending the slaves to…

A list of children born into slavery and baptized at Newtown from 1806 to 1835. Many of these children were sold in 1838 and appear in various sale documents. This baptismal record indicates their parents.For example, the record lists several…

A record of children born into slavery at Port Tobacco from the 1750s to the 1770s. The record is one of the earliest in the Maryland Province Archives to reveal the names and family relationships of enslaved people. Of particular note are the…

A transcription of a marriage register for Southern Maryland, the Eastern Shore, and Delaware from 1760-1802 kept by Rev. Joseph Mosley SJ and Rev. John Bolton, SJ, transcribed in the mid-20th century by Rev. Robert Parsons SJ. The records include…

Transcription of record of baptisms from 1760-1799 performed by Rev. Joseph Mosley SJ in St. Joseph's and St, Mary's County, Maryland. This record includes numerous baptisms of children born into slavery and free people of color.

Transcription of a record of baptisms in St. Mary's County, Md., performed by Fr.. James Walton SJ, from 1766 to 1794. The record includes many names of children born into slavery and free people of color.

The transcription was prepared by Thomas…

A register of baptisms, marriages, and burials at St. Thomas for 1827-1832, mostly involving enslaved people. Along with a digitized edition of the register, we have compiled spreadsheets with the data contained in the register.