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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."
Thomas O'Donald violently assaults Old Davy, September 2, 1797
Fr. Ambrose Maréchal, a Sulpician priest at Bohemia plantation reported on his day book that Mr. T. O'Donald, a tenant, "violently assaulted ," Old Davy, an enslaved man.
Map of St. Thomas Manor with "tenant houses or negro huts," 1905
This 1905 map was prepared by Joseph Zwinge, SJ with information from old patents, deeds, and surveys of the Jesuit plantation of St. Thomas Manor. It includes old structures such as Fr. Hunter's House and "tenant houses or negro huts."
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…
Census of "Black People" at Bohemia Plantation, 1798
Rev. Ambrose Maréchal listed the names of the enslaved and free people of color at Bohemia Plantation in 1798. This list of individuals includes 13 men and 24 women. Maréchal identified the owner of 11 of these individuals, one woman is marked as "a…
"The Yearly Allowance of Clothes" at Bohemia, c. 1790
In 1790, Fr. Francis Beeston from Bohemia plantation in Cecil County, Maryland, recorded the allowance of clothes for enslaved persons at the plantation. This allowance included a winter suit and two shirts for the men, a woolen gown and a linen…
Distribution of shoes at Bohemia Plantation, 1792
In 1792, Fr. Francis Beeston recorded the distribution of one pair of shoes each to thirty-two enslaved persons at Bohemia Plantation, in Cecil County. According to Fr. Beeston's rules, every adult was to receive one pair of shoes per year. The…
Winter clothes for the enslaved at Bohemia, 1795-1796
In 1795 and 1796, Rev. Jean Tessier, a French Sulpician priest residing at Bohemia Plantation, in Cecil County, registered the distribution of winter clothes for eleven enslaved persons. At Bohemia, each enslaved person had a limited clothing…
The hire of free and enslaved men at Bohemia Plantation, 1790
In this account record from 1790, Fr. Francis Beeston registered the hire of five men for the harvest: two free men of color, an enslaved man and two white men. The diversity of these hires reflects Maryland's mixed labor practices.
Census of "Black People" at Bohemia Plantation, 1801
Rev. Jean Tessier, a French Sulpician priest residing at Bohemia recorded the names of enslaved and free people of color at the plantation in 1801. This list of names includes 5 men and 16 women. Two women and one man are marked as "free." Tessier…