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Fr. Vespre instructs Fr. Carbery to pay for the hire of a servant owned by Ms. Jane Smith, February 19, 1843.
In 1843, Fr. Vespre instructed Fr. Carbury to pay Mrs. Jane Smith for the hire of an enslaved person owned by her. The person in question had been in the service of Rev. Havermans, a Dutch Jesuit from the Maryland Province who was transferred to New…
The manumission of Jane Smith, 1818
On May 4, 1818 Benedict Fenwick, a former President of Georgetown University recorded in the city of Washington the manumission of an enslaved woman named Jane Smith.
The document describes Smith as "formerly of Virginia," and "between five and…
The document describes Smith as "formerly of Virginia," and "between five and…