1838 Jesuit slave sale
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Start date: June 19, 1838
Date: June 19, 1838 (first agreement); November 1838 (delivery)
Location: Ascension Parish and Cecil County
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272 Slaves Were Sold to Save Georgetown. What Does It Owe ...
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Apr 16, 2016 · And the 1838 sale — worth about $3.3 million in today's dollars — was organized by two of Georgetown's early presidents, both Jesuit priests.
In June 1838, Fr. Thomas Mulledy agreed to sell 272 men, women, and children to Henry Johnson and Jesse Beatty of Louisiana. The articles of agreement ...
The families enslaved by the Jesuits then sold to save Georgetown
www.washingtonpost.com › 2023/06/15
Jun 15, 2023 · In 1838, leaders of the Catholic order faced opposition from their own priests but pressed forward with the sale of 272 human beings anyway.
In 1838, to save Georgetown University from financial ruin, the Society of Jesus sold more than 272 enslaved people from their five Maryland plantations.
Oct 13, 2022 · On June 19, 1838, the Jesuits from Georgetown signed a contract with Louisiana sugar plantation owners Jesse Batey and Henry Johnson to sell 272 ...
Sep 14, 2023 · With Roman permission finally obtained, a mass sale of slaves took place in stages in 1838. Mulledy supervised the sale, though he was bound by ...
Duration: 5:09
Posted: Jul 1, 2020
Posted: Jul 1, 2020
Sep 5, 2023 · In 1838, Jesuit priests sold 272 enslaved men, women and children, most of whom were forced to leave the religious order's Maryland farms ...
Census of people to be sold in 1838 - Georgetown Slavery Archive
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This is the original list of people from the Jesuit plantations compiled in preparation for the sale in 1838. It lists the slaves by name according to ...