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"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.
"Cham's Descendants": The Mobberly Diaries, Part II, August 1823
In this section from Br. Joseph Mobberly's Treatise on Slavery he identifies slaves in Maryland as Cham's descendants and cannibals who feast on infants.
"Slavery is Good, is Necessary": The Mobberly Diaries, Part II, August 1823
In this section from his Treatise on Slavery, Br. Joseph Mobberly defends slavery as a lawful, reasonable, and necessary institution. This is a continuation of GSA143.
"Slavery is According to Reason": The Mobberly Diaries, Part II, August 1823
Br. Joseph Mobberly offers a biblical justification of slavery and denies men are born free in the eyes of God. Continued in GSA144.
"Cash for 11 Servants," September 19, 1835
Entry from a St. Inigoes accounts ledger for September 19, 1835 recording the sale of 11 "servants" by the Corporation of Roman Catholic Clergymen for $4000. The next entry in the ledger is for the sale of two barrels of corn.
"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…
A "Great Coat to Old Billy": Will of Rev. John Rosseter, O.S.A., 1812
In his last will and testament from October 13, 1812, Rev. John Rosseter, of the Order of St. Augustine, left a "great coat to Old Billy" of St. Thomas's Manor. Rosseter died at the Manor in 1815.
Agreement between Rev. Francis Neale SJ and John Butler, a free man, January 9, 1826
Rev. Francis Neale, SJ, manager of St. Thomas' Manor, contracted to hire John Butler, a free man, to repair and take care of the wind mill of the plantation in 1826.
"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. …
"Bohemia affairs": Proceedings of the Corporation of Roman Catholic Clergy, Oct. 9, 1799
In this meeting from 1799, the Corporation approved two measures concerning their slaves in the Bohemia plantation: the loan of Jack and Peg to the Seminary at Baltimore and the sale of Kate and her two children.