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"Eliza has not yet arrived": Jesse Batey to Fr. McSherry on the expected arrival of an enslaved woman, June 27, 1838
This letter from 1838 illustrates the aftermath of the Jesuit's sale of 272 enslaved men, women and children to Louisiana. Just eight days after the terms of agreement, Jesse Batey wrote to Fr. McSherry to inquire about the whereabouts of Eliza, a…