The College hires two slaves from Mitchell Bronaugh, 1838-1843
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Title
The College hires two slaves from Mitchell Bronaugh, 1838-1843
Subject
Slaves
Slave labor
Hire
Leases
Master and Servant
Jesuits--History--19th century
Slave labor
Hire
Leases
Master and Servant
Jesuits--History--19th century
Description
The family of Mitchell Bronaugh, a boarder, hired out two slaves to the College between 1838 and 1843. The College assigned Buck, a male slave, to the kitchen; he remained on Georgetown's payroll for months after Bronaugh left the school in 1841.
There was also an unnamed slave woman who worked in the wash house. Unlike Buck, she left the College in 1840. Both worked to offset Bronaugh's schooling expenses.
There was also an unnamed slave woman who worked in the wash house. Unlike Buck, she left the College in 1840. Both worked to offset Bronaugh's schooling expenses.
Creator
Georgetown University Archives
Source
Georgetown College accounts ledger E, 1830-1838 (I.A.i.g), Georgetown University Archives, Booth Family Center for Special Collections, Lauinger Library, Georgetown University.
Georgetown College accounts ledger F, 1838-1842 (I.A.i.h), Georgetown University Archives, Booth Family Center for Special Collections, Lauinger Library, Georgetown University.
Georgetown College journal G, 1838-1873 (I.A.2.e), Georgetown University Archives, Booth Family Center for Special Collections, Lauinger Library, Georgetown University.
Georgetown College Day Book, 1837 to 1854 (I.A.4.h), Georgetown University Archives, Booth Family Center for Special Collections, Lauinger Library, Georgetown University.
Georgetown College accounts ledger F, 1838-1842 (I.A.i.h), Georgetown University Archives, Booth Family Center for Special Collections, Lauinger Library, Georgetown University.
Georgetown College journal G, 1838-1873 (I.A.2.e), Georgetown University Archives, Booth Family Center for Special Collections, Lauinger Library, Georgetown University.
Georgetown College Day Book, 1837 to 1854 (I.A.4.h), Georgetown University Archives, Booth Family Center for Special Collections, Lauinger Library, Georgetown University.
Publisher
Georgetown Slavery Archive
Date
1838-1843
Contributor
Cory Young
Rights
Georgetown University Library
Format
PDF
Language
English
Type
Accounts
Identifier
GSA131
Text Item Type Metadata
Text
The following transcription is not exhaustive but rather includes the lines most relevant to Buck and to Bronaugh's unnamed female slave:
| Ledger E | |||||
| Dr Mitchell Bronaugh Cr | |||||
| [...] | |||||
| Apr | 2 | By cash | 533 | 10 | 00 |
| " | 15 | By Servts. wages | 536 | 5 | 00 |
| 15 | 00 | ||||
| Ledger F | |||||
| Dr. Mitchell Bronaugh Cr. | |||||
| 1838 | $ | c. | |||
| Transfd. from Legr E. | 23 | 15 | 00 | ||
| May | 15 | By wages ending | 1 | 5 | 00 |
| June | 2 | By cash | 2 | 10 | 00 |
| Decr | 15 | By 7 mos wages of | |||
| " | " | servant woman en- | 35 | 00 | |
| " | " | -ding this date at $5. | |||
| 1839 Jan. | 9 | By 6 mos. wages of | |||
| " | " | servant man at $10. | 60 | 00 | |
| " | " | pr month ending date | |||
| Mar | 15 | By 3 mos. wages of | |||
| " | " | servant woman ending | 15 | 00 | |
| " | " | date at $5. | |||
| " | " | By 2 mos wages of | |||
| servant man ending | 20 | 00 | |||
| 9th inst. at $10 | |||||
| By bal | 103 | 18 | |||
| 263 | 18 | ||||
| Novr. | 9 | By 8 mos. wages | |||
| " | " | of Servt. man ending | 80 | 00 | |
| " | 15 | By 8 mos. of servt. | |||
| woman @ 5$. ending | 40 | 00 | |||
| By bal. | 103 | 00 | |||
| 223 | 00 | ||||
| 1840 | |||||
| May | 9 | By 6 mos. wages of servt. | |||
| " | " | man at $10 pr month | 60 | 00 | |
| " | 15 | By 6 mos. wages of servt. | |||
| Woman at $5.00 pr month | 30 | 00 | |||
| By bal | 96 | 00 | |||
| 186 | 00 | ||||
| June | 9 | By 1 mos. wages of man endg. | 10 | 00 | |
| " | 15 | By 1 do. of Woman ending | 5 | 00 | |
| By bal | 93 | 50 | |||
| 108 | 50 | ||||
| Transfered to 402 | |||||
| [...] | |||||
| Dr. Mitchell Bronaugh Cr. | |||||
| 1841 | |||||
| Feb. | 9 | By 8 months wages of servt. | |||
| " | " | man at $10.00 pr. month | |||
| By 5 1/2 mos. do. of servt. | |||||
| woman (ending 30 Nov. 1840) | |||||
| at $5.00 pr. month | |||||
| 1842 Feb. | 9 | By 12 months ending date | |||
| at $10. pr. month of servt. man | |||||
| Mitchell Bronaugh left | |||||
| College 22 Feb. 1841 | |||||
| Servant woman left wash | |||||
| house 30 Novr. 1840 | |||||
| 227 | 50 | ||||
| By bal. | 22 | 06 1/4 | |||
| Transfd.. to 521. | |||||
| [...] | |||||
| Dr Mitchell Bronaugh Cr. | |||||
| 1842 | |||||
| Feb. | 9 | By balance from | 402 | 22 | 06 1/4 |
| 1843 | |||||
| Jan | 9 | By 11 months wages | @$10.00 | 110 | 00 |
| 132 | 06 1/4 | ||||
| Journal G | |||||
| 7 | Mitchell Bronaugh Bronaugh [sic] Cr. by 1 months wages of servt.^15 inst | 5 | 00 | ||
| [...] | |||||
| 7 |
Mitchell Bronaugh Cr. by months wages
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| of wash woman at $5.00 pr. month due | |||||
| this date | |||||
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Do. Cr. by 1 months wages due for hired man
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employed in the Kitchen ending 15 sep inst.
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10 | 00 | |||
| Day Book, | |||||
| Mitchel Bronaugh Cr | |||||
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By 1 mos Wages for servt. at W. house
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5 | 00 | |||
| [...] | |||||
| Mitchel Bronough Cr | |||||
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By months Wages per Woman@ 5.00 pr due this date
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| By one months Wages due Buck | 10 | 00 |
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Citation
Georgetown University Archives, “The College hires two slaves from Mitchell Bronaugh, 1838-1843,” Georgetown Slavery Archive, accessed January 15, 2025, https://slaveryarchive.georgetown.edu/items/show/143.