Newtown Plantation exchanges whiskey for a pair of shoes for Charles, December 1820.
Dublin Core
Title
Newtown Plantation exchanges whiskey for a pair of shoes for Charles, December 1820.
Subject
Footwear; Slave labor; Slaves--United States--Social conditions; Master and Servant ; Jesuits-Missions.
Description
An account book from Newtown includes this record of the diverse payment methods used by the Jesuits to furnish their slaves with shoes. Some of these payment methods included cash as well as an exchange of whiskey for a pair of shoes.
Creator
Maryland Province Archives
Publisher
Georgetown Slavery Archive
Date
1820-12
Contributor
Elsa Barraza Mendoza, Adam Rothman
Rights
Maryland Province Jesuits
Format
PDF
Language
English
Type
Financial Records
Identifier
GSA211
Text Item Type Metadata
Text
| Nov 21st 1820 | Cash Paid from 1o 27 | 29 |
| To pd. on Henry Sewalls a/c | $15 | |
| Dec | To cash pd. for shoes for the colord people | 4.00 |
| Dec | To one half gallon of whiskey let Harry have for a pair of shoes furnished Charles | 00.62 ½ |
| 15-20Jany | To cash used in travelling to a meeting at St. Thomas’ & back to N.T.- | $1.25 |
| To Cotton bought for negroes- | $1 | |
| Feby 19 1821 | To tin pans, pepper mill Drops &c &c | 0. 93 ¼ |
Files
Collection
Citation
Maryland Province Archives, “Newtown Plantation exchanges whiskey for a pair of shoes for Charles, December 1820.,” Georgetown Slavery Archive, accessed January 22, 2025, https://slaveryarchive.georgetown.edu/items/show/230.