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Reverend Francis Vespre from the Society of Jesus in Rome, records twenty distinct conditions placed on the sale of the people enslaved by the Jesuits. Conditions 1-8 have to do with the religious and family life of the people who are to be sold, and…

At 1862, Dr. Noble Young, Professor of the Principles and Practice of Medicine in Georgetown College's Medical Department, petitioned the federal government for compensation for the freedom of seven persons he owned, who were released by the 1862 DC…

An investigation into the life and character of Br. Joseph Mobberly, S.J., a major individual in Georgetown’s history of slavery and its sale of 272 slaves to Louisiana. The film uses the presence of Mobberly’s name on campus to approach issues of…

Jo, likely Joseph Edlen, was hired by Georgetown College from Mary Fenwick from December 1845 to November 1846. He was hired to work on the farm at the rate of $8 per month. An entry from the college Day and Cash Book from January 16, 1846 records a…

These two documents from 1837 provide an account of the death and burial of Margaret Smallwood, an enslaved woman who worked and died at Georgetown College at the age of 45. Margaret was born in St. Mary's County and was buried at the College…

On January 9, 1848, an enslaved man named James Henry Young began working at Georgetown College as a domestic servant in the dormitories. Young belonged to a local woman named Mary B. Hook, but first appears in the financial account of Hook's…

Leonarde Neale was the president of Georgetown College in 1805. He financially provided provisions for three enslaved people working in the college at the name; named John, Jack and Nace. These provisions included shoes, breeches and a hat.

In a letter from 1805, Leonard Neale, President of Georgetown College, wrote to his brother Rev. F. Neale that Spalding had ran away. The following entries from the College Cashbook register payments for "going after A. Spalding," and paying…

On this account record from 1824, Mrs. Margaret Fenwick was charged for 4 pairs of shoes for her slave Harriette. She was also credited for Harriette's monthly wages at the College.Georgetown hired Harriette from Mrs. Fenwick from 1824 to 1826.Upon…

On New Year's Eve in 1835, the College purchased an enslaved boy named Mat from John Hoover for $500.