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Report of Income &c. of Farms of St. Thomas Manor, 1833, By McSherry
A report by Father McSherry on the operations and income of the Jesuit plantation at St. Thomas Manor in 1833.
Fr. Neale's register, St. Thomas, 1827-1832
A register of baptisms, marriages, and burials at St. Thomas for 1827-1832, mostly involving enslaved people. Along with a digitized edition of the register, we have compiled spreadsheets with the data contained in the register.
"I shall be obliged to sell our man not to separate man & wife" - A Jesuit priest tries to keep a family together, 1826
In this letter, Fr. Francis Neale, SJ reports that he must sell an enslaved man at St. Thomas Manor to the owner of the man's wife, who was planning to sell her and her three children. This letter demonstrates the complex family lives of people…