"The power of managers to dispose unruly slaves," May 24, 1803
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Title
"The power of managers to dispose unruly slaves," May 24, 1803
Subject
Slavery; Slave Trade; Sales; Master and Servant; Jesuit Missions-19 Century;
Description
In a meeting held at the White Marsh plantation, the Corporation of Roman Catholic Clergy attempted to regulate the sale of slaves on their plantations by empowering plantation managers to exchange slaves in the case of intermarriage and to sell or exchange "unruly slaves."
Creator
Maryland Province Archives
Source
This material has been re-digitized by Booth Family Center for Special Collections, Georgetown University Library, accessible at: Minutes and Proceedings, Trustees' Meetings (1 of 2), 1793 - 1813, Box 96, Folder 1, Identifier 119_24_1; 119_24_4, Georgetown University Manuscripts, Archives of the Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus, 3. Records of the Corporation of Roman Catholic Clergymen, 1694-1956, 3.1 Minutes and Proceedings, 1793 - 1956, Booth Family Center for Special Collections, Georgetown University
Publisher
Georgetown Slavery Archive
Date
1803-05-24
Contributor
Elsa Barraza Mendoza
Rights
Maryland Province, Society of Jesus
Format
PDF
Language
English
Type
Manuscript
Identifier
GSA324
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Text
9. To remove uncertainty & umbiguity concerning the power of Managers to dispose of unruly slaves, or to sell, or exchange them in cases of intermarriage, & other apparent causes, it is declared that the managers may dispose of them in such circumstances, if the consent of the corporation cannot be waited for without great inconvenience, provided however that both representatives of the district wherein the manager lives, & if he himself be a representative, that the other, & the nearest trustee give in writing under their hands their consent to such sale of which the Corporation are to be informed at the first subsequent meeting.
Original Format
Manuscript
Files
Collection
Citation
Maryland Province Archives , “"The power of managers to dispose unruly slaves," May 24, 1803,” Georgetown Slavery Archive, accessed January 22, 2025, https://slaveryarchive.georgetown.edu/items/show/358.