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When the Society of Jesus was suppressed worldwide by Pope Clement XIV in 1773, ownership of the plantations was transferred from the Jesuits' Maryland Mission to the newly established Corporation of Roman Catholic Clergymen. [4] [a] Several of the Jesuits' slaves unsuccessfully attempted to sue for their freedom in the courts in the 1790s. [7]
In 1838, prominent Catholic leaders of the Jesuits Order sold 272 enslaved people to fund Georgetown University. The book chronicles the history behind this event by following an enslaved family for almost 200 years. This book also shows how the Catholic Church in the United States depended on slave labor to run its institutions and grow its ...
McSherry became the first provincial superior of the Jesuits' Maryland Province from 1833 to 1837, and laid the groundwork for the sale of the province's slaves in 1838. He then briefly became the president of Georgetown College in 1837, and was simultaneously made provincial superior for a second time in 1839, despite suffering illness to ...
Pages in category "History of slavery in Maryland" The following 39 pages are in this category, out of 39 total. ... 1838 Jesuit slave sale; A.
The St. Thomas complex was also the site of the revival of the Jesuit order in the United States in 1805, after it had been suppressed by the Catholic Church in 1773. Three American priests took their vows at St. Ignatius Church. [2] Some of the slaves owned by the Jesuit Maryland Province resided at St. Thomas Manor.
History of slavery in Maryland (2 C, 39 P) History of Washington County, ... Jesuit Province of Maryland (7 C) Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area ...
On June 19, 1838, the Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus agreed to sell 272 slaves to Batey and Henry Johnson. Mulledy finalized the sale of 64 slaves to Batey on November 10 of the same year. The enslaved persons ranged in age from 65 years to 18 months, with over half being children under the age of 18. [3]
Archbishop of Baltimore, John Carroll, had two black servants - one free and one a slave. The Society of Jesus owned a large number of slaves who worked on the community's farms. Realizing that their properties were more profitable if rented out to tenant farmers rather that worked by slaves, the Jesuits began selling off their slaves in 1837.