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Fr. Ambrose Maréchal hires out Joseph from Bohemia Plantation, 1796
These articles of agreement describe the terms on which Joseph, an enslaved man at Bohemia plantation, in Cecil County Maryland, was hired out by Fr. Ambrose Maréchal to James O'Donald for more than 6 years.
Fr. Maréchal resided at Bohemia from…
Fr. Maréchal resided at Bohemia from…
Fr. Ambrose Maréchal is advised not to give Ralph his freedom, July 1796
On July 1st, 1796, Fr. Ambrose Maréchal, a Sulpician priest at Bohemia plantation, registered the arrival of a letter from Fr. Sewall, who advised him "not to give to Ralph his freedom."
Fr. Carberry manumits Augustin Linsey, August 2, 1830
On August 2, 1830 in St. Mary's County Court, Fr. Joseph Carberry, manager of St. Inigoes plantation, recorded the manumission of an enslaved man named Augustin Linsey.The document describes Linsey as "about 25 years, five feet 7 inches high, slender…
Fr. Carbery identifies ten St. Inigoes slaves who were not sold to Louisiana in 1838
The Maryland Province Jesuits did not sell all of their slaves to Louisiana in 1838, disposing of several to local buyers and maintaining a handful on their own plantations. Rev. Joseph Carbery, SJ, the Jesuit manager of St. Inigoes, identified the…
Fr. Carbery requests a tax deduction for the value of seventeen slaves sold by the Maryland Jesuits, 1836
On May 18, 1836, Rev. Joseph Carbery SJ, the manager of the Jesuits' St. Inigoes plantation, wrote to the clerk of the levy court of St. Mary's County to request that he remove seventeen slaves from his tax burden. Many of the slaves mentioned appear…
Fr. Carbery to Fr. Fenwick on the conditions of slaves at St. Inigoes, March 16, 1831.
In this letter from 1831, Father Joseph Carbery writes about the marriage Liddy, an enslaved woman from St. Inigoes, and the relocation of Lewis, a blacksmith "who never liked to live in the country."
Fr. Cary intercedes for Becca, a runaway slave, March, 1820
This remarkable letter from 1820 narrates the case of Becca, an enslaved woman who approached Fr. John Baptist Cary at Georgetown College after fleeing from her owner, a man who is described in the letter as "very hard & has no religion at all."…
Fr. Fenwick requests approval to sell slaves from Bohemia Plantation, 1816.
This letter from Fr. Fenwick to Fr. Neale illustrates the Jesuits' intent to sell their slaves from Bohemia plantation for a term of years, as well as their concern to guard against the slaves being sold to slave traders known as "Georgia-men." For…
Fr. Francis Neale describes difficulties arranging slave marriages and British pillaging during the War of 1812.
In this letter from 1814, Fr. Francis Neale, describes his difficulties arranging marriages for Enoch, Charles, and Nelly, three enslaved persons owned by the Jesuits in St. Inigoes, their farm in St. Marys County, MD.
This remarkable letter also…
This remarkable letter also…
Fr. Neale pays Georgetown College for the "boots of his servant," 1826
This cash book account records a payment of $2.19 from Fr. Neale, SJ the manager of St. Thomas' Manor, to Georgetown College for the "boots of his servant."