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Runaway Ad for Isaac and Moses from White Marsh, 1803
This set of advertisements in the Maryland Gazette illustrates Rev. John Ashton's attempts to capture Isaac and Moses from White Marsh after he was released from his duties as plantation manager in 1801. In response to Ashton's advertisement from…
Runaway Ad for the Queen Family, 1795
On May 1, 1795, John Ashton, the manager of White Marsh plantation posted a runaway slave advertisement for twelve members of the Queen family intheMaryland Gazette: two men named Billy, two men named Tom, Fanny, Isaac, Jack, Lewis, Matthew, Nick,…
Runaway Ad for Michael from White Marsh, 1806
On May 1, 1806, G.B. Bitouzey, the manager of White Marsh plantation, posted a runaway slave advertisement in the Maryland Gazette for Michael, a twenty year-old man.Bitouzey, a secular priest, was a board member of the Corporation of Roman Catholic…
Runaway Ad for Harry Shorter, 1810
On March 23, 1810, G.B. Bitouzey, the manager of White Marsh plantation posted a runaway slave advertisement for Harry Shorter, a 25 year-old man, in the Maryland Gazette.Bitouzey lists the neighberhood of Georgetown as a possible destination for…
Runaway Ad for William Castle, 1804
On December 29, 1804, Francis Beeston, the assistant to Bishop John Carroll in Baltimore posted a runaway slave advertisement for William Castle, a twenty year-old man, in the Baltimore Telegraphe Daily Advertiser.Beeston asserted that Castle…
Sarah's Certificate of Freedom, 1810
In 1810, the courts at Baltimore County certified the freedom of a woman named Sarah, who had previously been enslaved by the Rev. William Pasquet. Her certificate of freedom describes her as 37 years old, with a yellow complexion, and five feet 3/4…
Rev. John Ashton's Will, 1810
In his 1810 will, Rev. John Ashton, the former manager of the White Marsh plantation bequeathed property to Charles and Elizabeth Queen, the children of Susanna Queen, a woman who had been enslaved at the White Marsh plantation and probably became…
John Ashton places a runaway advertisement for Tom, June 15, 1775
Rev. John Ashton, a Jesuit priest in Maryland, places an advertisement in the Maryland Gazette for a man named Tom in 1775. Rev. Ashton was a Jesuit priest who would later become one of the founders of Georgetown. The advertisement describes Tom as a…
List of enslaved persons remaining on Estate and exchanged, no date - perhaps 1839
This document sheds some light on the dynamics of the 1838 sale of people from Thomas Mulledy to Henry Johnson. It lists a number of people who "remain on the Estate," several others who were "exchanged," three deaths, and six births.