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Students charged for "wages of servants," 1828
This bill book contains various student accounts containing entries for charges for "wages of servants."
Doctor's fees for Clem, 1827
On January 1, 1827 a payment of $2.50 was recorded in the college's cash book to "Negro Clem to pay doctors fees." Clem was hired out by the college for a number of years. See GSA168.Other items of note on this page include payments to "Old" Dick and…
"To 4 colored servants, for Christmas gift," 1846
This December 29, 1846 entry in the college's cash book records payment of $2 being paid out to 4 "colored servants" as a Christmas gift. Similar payments for various holidays like Christmas and Easter are scattered throughout the financial records.…
Ben and James paid for extra work during college vacation, 1847
This cash book entry from September 20, 1847 shows a payment of $6 being made to Ben and James, described as "hired col[or]d serv[an]ts," for "extra work in vacations." Ben and James likely refer to Benedict Johnson and James Young who appear to…
St. Mary's County deducts two slaves from St. Inigoes' tax burden, 1837
On June 20, 1837, the clerk of the levy court in St. Mary's County, Maryland removed 30-year-old Arnold and 25-year-old Hamilton from Joseph Carbery's tax burden. Rev. Carbery was the manager of the Jesuits' St. Inigoes plantation at the time.…
St. Mary's County deducts three deceased slaves from St. Inigoes' tax burden, 1838
In the summer of 1838, the clerk of the levy court of St. Mary's County deducted from Joseph Carbery's tax burden the value of three slaves who had passed away the previous year: John, Lydia, and Ned Dorsey. All three individuals appear in both the…
St. Mary's County deducts the St. Inigoes slave community from Fr. Carbery's tax burden, 1839
In June 1839, a little more than six months after the transport of Maryland Province slaves to Louisiana, the clerk of the levy court of St. Mary's County deducted the St. Inigoes slave community from Joseph Carbery's tax burden. A handful of the St.…
"we lost a boy": Fr. Carbery requests a tax deduction for six St. Inigoes slaves sold by the Jesuits, 1836
On May 27, 1836, Rev. Joseph Carbery SJ, the manager at St. Inigoes, wrote to the clerk of the levy court of St. Mary's County to request that he remove eight slaves from his tax burden. The Jesuits had sold six children under the age of eight away…
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 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…