The Sale of Harriet by George Fenwick, SJ, August 1830

Dublin Core

Title

Subject

Slave women; Slave labor; Slaves--United States--Social conditions; Master and Servant ;

Description

In August 1830, George Fenwick SJ sold Harriet for $210 to Mr. John G. Johnston. Rev. Fenwick inherited Harriet from his father in 1811. At the time of the sale Harriet would have been around 27 years old.

Creator

Maryland Province Archives

Source

Daybook (3 of 3), 1806 - 1831, Box 188, Folder 9, Identifier 119_42_3, Georgetown University Manuscripts, Archives of the Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus, 8. Papers of Catholic Families, 8.5 Fenwick Family, Booth Family Center for Special Collections, Georgetown University

Publisher

Georgetown Slavery Archive

Date

1830-08

Contributor

Elsa Barraza Mendoza, Adam Rothman

Rights

Maryland Province Archives, Society of Jesus

Relation

GSA114

Format

PDF

Language

English

Type

Manuscript

Identifier

GSA202

Text Item Type Metadata

Text

-----3 doly---

Paid 17 dollars to Dr. Ch Worthington for charges on visiting my serv. Charity sick.

Received 13 dols for rent of Sam Edelin for month of Sep^tre1830

Gave ½ doll. To Geor. & Enoch for &c.

Received [240 - crossed out] 210 dols for sale of Harriet to M^rJohn G. Johnston.

Paid Mr. Mullen half a doll. & 3 five peny bets for book binding.

Received rents of Sam Edelin for the months of October, Nov^r, December 1830 & for Jan. Febr. March April, and May 1831.

Original Format

Manuscript

Files

Collection

Slavery at Georgetown College

Citation

Maryland Province Archives, “The Sale of Harriet by George Fenwick, SJ, August 1830,” Georgetown Slavery Archive, accessed October 5, 2024, https://slaveryarchive.georgetown.edu/items/show/220.