TWENTY CONDITIONS OF SALE, 1836

Title

Subject

Slaves--United States--Economic conditions

Jesuits--Missions

Slavery-Slave Trade

Jesuits--History--19th century

Description

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 conditions 9-20 have to do with the revenue generated by the sale.

This document is from the Archivum Romanum Societatis Iesu. The original is in Italian. It was translated for the Georgetown Slavery Archive by Professor Tommaso Astarita of Georgetown University.

Creator

Archivum Romanum Societatis Iesu

Source

Provincia Maryland 5 II 6, Archivum Romanum Societatis Jesu

Publisher

Georgetown Slavery Archive

Date

1836

Contributor

Tommaso Astarita

Adam Rothman

Rights

Archivum Romanum Societatis Iesu

Relation

GSA86: Fr. Roothaan, S.J. lays out the conditions for the sale of slaves, 27 December 1836

Format

Manuscript

Language

Italian (Original)

English (Translation)

Type

Memorandum

Identifier

GSA361

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