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Title
JESUIT INCOME FROM SALE OF ENSLAVED PEOPLE IN 1838
Subject
Slaves-Slave Trade, Slaves--United States--Economic conditions; Jesuits--Missions; Jesuits--History--19th century
Description
This balance sheet, compiled by Joseph Zwinge, S.J. in 1909, shows the different sources of income of the Maryland Province in 1838. Of the five main sources of funds, the most significant was the sale of enslaved persons. These transactions include two different sales to Gov. Henry Johnson, a sale to John Hoover, and the sale of an unnamed boy at St. Thomas' Manor.
Creator
Maryland Province Archives, Society of Jesus
Source
Province Financial Records-Annual Reports, p. 140, Box 77, Addenda to the Maryland Province, Provincial Procurator Series, Maryland Province Archives, Booth Family Center for Special Collections, Georgetown University.
Publisher
Georgetown Slavery Archive
Date
Data from 1838, ledger c. 1909.
Contributor
Elsa Barraza Mendoza
Rights
Maryland Province Jesuits
Relation
Relation
GSA1
GSA2
GSA412
GSA1
GSA2
GSA412
Format
Language
English
Type
Manuscript
Identifier
Identifier
GSA413
GSA413