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Philodemic Society Debate, 1830 or 1831
The minute book for Georgetown's Philodemic Society records that members debated the issue of slavery in its first year. The date of the debate is not given, but it was probably late in 1830 or early 1831.
Peter Kenney, SJ's observations on the enslaved families at Bohemia, 1831
Fr. Peter Kenney SJ reports negatively on the condition of enslaved families at the Bohemia plantation in Cecil County, Md., in 1831.
Permissions to Marry, 1831-2
Four permissions for enslaved people to marry granted by their owners in 1831 and 1832. These permissions are part of the records of Holy Trinity Church in the Archives of the Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus.
Civil marriages involving…
Civil marriages involving…
People bought and sold at Bohemia Plantation, 1794-1795
This account from the Bohemia plantation registers the sale of nine enslaved persons and the purchase of four. These transactions include infants as young as 3 weeks old, as well as an the sale of an infant to an enslaved woman who remained at…
Payroll of Laborers Employed at West Oak plantation, Iberville Parish, La., October 17, 1867
This payroll from the Freedmen's Bureau records lists laborers at West Oak plantation in Iberville Parish, Louisiana. Many of the people listed in this document were sold to West Oak by the Maryland Jesuits in 1838 or were the children of people sold…
Payments to the enslaved community at Bohemia Plantation, September 1795
In this account record from 1795, Rev. Jean Tessier, a French Sulpician priest residing at Bohemia Plantation, in Cecil County registered a series of payments he gave to six enslaved persons: David, Barney, Stephen, Dick, Betty, and Suky. The…
Payments made to Charles "on occasion of his childrens' sickness," 1847
In 1847, an enslaved man called Charley and described as "our colored servant," received a payment of $3 in April and $2 in August due to the illness of his children. Charley is likely Charles Taylor who was enslaved by the college for a number of…
Paul Rochford, "Louisa Mahoney Mason and her family" (2020)
This essay traces the life of Louisa Mahoney Mason and her family. Louisa Mahoney Mason was a member of the Maryland Jesuit enslaved community; she remained in Maryland after the 1838 sale. She and her children were the last people currently known to…
Paid to Captain L. Neale's "black boy," 1829
This September 2, 1829 entry into the college's expense account shows $8 being paid to Captain L. Neale's "black boy," for the "passages" of George and Enoch Fenwick and Nat. and Charles King.