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William Gaston & Slavery: A Conversation between Professor John Mikhail and Professor Adam Rothman
Audio recording and transcript of a conversation between Georgetown Law Center's Professor John Mikhail and Georgetown University historian Professor Adam Rothman about Mikhail's research into William Gaston's slaveholding and judicial opinions…
Slaveholding and Judicial Opinions of William Gaston (2022)
William Gaston (1778-1844) was Georgetown's first student, enrolling in the school in 1791 before transferring to Princeton. As a congressman from North Carolina, Gaston sponsored the charter that granted Georgetown the authority to award academic…
Inventory of William Gaston's estate, April 19, 1844
William Gaston (1778-1844) was Georgetown's first student, enrolling in the school in 1791 before transferring to Princeton. As a congressman from North Carolina, Gaston sponsored the charter that granted Georgetown the authority to award academic…
Fr. Carberry manumits Augustin Linsey, August 2, 1830
On August 2, 1830 in St. Mary's County Court, Fr. Joseph Carberry, manager of St. Inigoes plantation, recorded the manumission of an enslaved man named Augustin Linsey.The document describes Linsey as "about 25 years, five feet 7 inches high, slender…
William Gaston entrusts Augustus to Joseph Carberry, S.J., 1824
Letter from William Gaston to Joseph Carberry, S.J., giving him a slave named Augustus to be educated and then freed, September 1, 1824.
Fr. Carberry was stationed at St. Inigoes at this time.
(Thanks to Georgetown University Archivist Lynn…
Fr. Carberry was stationed at St. Inigoes at this time.
(Thanks to Georgetown University Archivist Lynn…