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"I send you the list of the Negroes:" Fr. Grassi arranges the transport of 11 enslaved people to St. Inigoes, February 6, 1817
Fr. John Grassi, President of Georgetown College, writes to Br. Marshall to inform him of the arrival of eleven enslaved persons to St. Inigoes. This remarkable letter also mentions the case of two men, Charles and Clem, whose marriages were being…
St. Inigoes enslaved community, c. 1760
The back cover of an almanac owned by Fr. Arnold Livers lists twenty enslaved people who were probably part of the community at St. Inigoes. Three married couples are listed.
Fr. Livers was in charge of St. Inigoes from 1760 to 1767.
Fr. Livers was in charge of St. Inigoes from 1760 to 1767.
The Corporation refuses to pay Rev. Ashton's legal fees for Mahoney v. Ashton, November 28, 1804
In 1804, the Rev. John Ashton asked the Corporation of Roman Catholic Clergy to pay his legal fees from suits "carried on by him whilst he was manager of the estate of the White Marsh." The Corporation decided to pay for these fees, with the…
"The power of managers to dispose unruly slaves," May 24, 1803
In a meeting held at the White Marsh plantation, the Corporation of Roman Catholic Clergy attempted to regulate the sale of slaves on their plantations by empowering plantation managers to exchange slaves in the case of intermarriage and to sell or…
The Corporation of Roman Catholic Clergymen sells two people to the Rev. Germain Bitouzey, LS, September 14, 1813
At a meeting held at Georgetown College in 1813, the members of the Corporation of Roman Catholic Clergy decided to sell two "black servants" to the Rev. Bitouzey, a member of the secular clergy, who was in charge of White Marsh until his resignation…
The Corporation of Roman Catholic Clergymen authorizes a servant for the Rev. Malavé, September 14, 1813
At a meeting held at Georgetown College on September 14, 1813, the Corporation of Roman Catholic Clergymen instructed its agent to provide the Rev. Malavé with an enslaved man.
Fr. Malavé was a Belgian Jesuit who came to live at Georgetown…
Fr. Malavé was a Belgian Jesuit who came to live at Georgetown…
Alms for the funeral of Charles Taylor, September 13, 1861
These two documents from 1861 provide an account of the death and burial of Charles Taylor in the college cemetery. Taylor was an African-American man who had worked at Georgetown College for decades and appears to have been owned by the College in…
Shoes for Harriette, an enslaved woman at Georgetown College, May 10, 1824
On this account record from 1824, Mrs. Margaret Fenwick was charged for 4 pairs of shoes for her slave Harriette. She was also credited for Harriette's monthly wages at the College. Georgetown hired Harriette from Mrs. Fenwick from 1824 to 1826. Upon…
Medical visits to Georgetown College's enslaved community, May 1792.
In this account from 1792, Dr. Charles Worthington -Georgetown College's on call physician- was credited for the medical visits and treatment he gave to three enslaved persons at the College: Sukey, Byrne, and "the boy Ja's"- probably James.