"The Yearly Allowance of Clothes" at Bohemia, c. 1790
Dublin Core
Title
"The Yearly Allowance of Clothes" at Bohemia, c. 1790
Subject
Slavery; Slaves--United States--Economic conditions; Clothes; Jesuits-History-18th century
Description
In 1790, Fr. Francis Beeston from Bohemia plantation in Cecil County, Maryland, recorded the allowance of clothes for enslaved persons at the plantation. This allowance included a winter suit and two shirts for the men, a woolen gown and a linen petticoat for women, and "blankets when necessary."
Creator
Maryland Province Collection
Publisher
Georgetown Slavery Archive
Date
c. 1790
Contributor
Elsa Barraza Mendoza
Rights
Maryland Province Collection
Format
PDF
Language
English
Type
Manuscript
Identifier
GSA306
Text Item Type Metadata
Text
+
A.M.D.G.
The yearly allowance of clothes to the Negros
Is as follows-Viz.t
Men & Working boys- One Winter suit consisting of one woolen jacket and breeches (or Trowsers, at option of master): one pair woolyarn stockings: one pair shoes.-
Two shirts- one pair linen trowsers for summer.
Women & Working girls- One woolen shirt gown and petticoat, for winter – one linen petticoat for Summer – two shifts- one pair shoes – one pair yarn stockings every other year; & feeting alternately.
Children- As necessity requires.
N.B. Blankets, when necessary.
Original Format
Manuscript
Files
Collection
Citation
Maryland Province Collection, “"The Yearly Allowance of Clothes" at Bohemia, c. 1790,” Georgetown Slavery Archive, accessed May 17, 2024, https://slaveryarchive.georgetown.edu/items/show/334.