Undated inventory of enslaved people and livestock at White Marsh and Fingal, ca. late 18th century

Undated inventory of enslaved people and livestock at White Marsh and Fingal, ca. late 18th century

Slave labor; Slave Women; Children; Jesuits-History-18th century

This undated census from the late eighteenth century records the names of enslaved children "unable to work," as well as the names of superannuated slaves. The document divides the names by family groups. These are recorded along with an inventory of cows, sheeps, hogs, and horses.

Maryland Province Archives

Georgetown Slavery Archive

undated, circa late 18th C.

Tom Foley, Elsa Barraza Mendoza

Maryland Province Archives, Society of Jesus

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English

Mansucript

GSA261

At t^e lower Quarters
 

Nanny	Sampson---
Kate. Her Child	Jenny----
Fanny born 1762x	[Under brackets, sideways right side]
Samuel 1764	{Crop of Corn at y
Ruth	Marsh in 1763. 319.BB
Terry	Oats 25 Bushels
Regis-----------------------	Rye 13 do
	Wheat---
Frank x Child	Tobacco}
Lucy-
Davi
Nancy  [name written in pencil]
Paul [name written in pencil]
Henrietta born May 1763
Acct of Stock ------
Two Riding horses	One sow & 7 piggs at B
One  Colt	Two breeding sows
Six Plow Horses	At Duckers with
Three yoak Oxen	Twelve Piggs
23 Sheep	Three do. at Home
20 Horn Cattle	With nine Piggs
Five Calves	Running Hogs. 30
One Boar	Besides six horses belonging
At Buckor’s two cows, to heifers tow Ca..	To ye negroes.

 
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Names of the Children not capable Of work at Fingal -------------------
{Nina
{Simon	Nanny Cooper’s
{Henry
----------------------
{Doll
{Dick	Sarah’s
{Peter
{James
----------------------
{Mary
{Peggy	Phyllis’s
{Sall
{Winifred
-----------------------
{Nancy
{Cates
{Rachel	Mary’s
{Priscilla
------------------------
Past Service	Lame
Tom & Susanna	Sarah
Betty---------	Doll
Far advanced in Age & mothers of many children
Phillis
& Nanny Cooper

 
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Names of y^e Children at y^e Marsh
Not capable of work
 

{Monica		Past Service --------
{Ambrose		(John
{Ned	[Sideways text]	(Nell	[sideways text]
{William	Charity’s	(Samson	Aged each
{Nancy		(Jenny	Near 70 --------
{Basil-		(Nanny
----------		------------------
{Jack
{Charles	[Sideways text]
{James	Nelly’s
{Patric		Isaac & Son
{Anastasia		Isaac Carpenter’s
-----------		Robert & Son’s
{Lucy		Robert & Tom shoemaker’s
{Davi	[Sideways text]	Nelly Cook
{Nancy	Franc’s	Priscila Spinster because a cripple ------------
{Paul
{Henny
----------
{Harry	[sideways text]
{Mary	Henny’s
{Lucy
-----------
{Mary Susan’s child
{Ned Phillis’s
{Fanny Cate’s

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