5fish
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I found this little tidbit about The Jesuits priest hood owning plantations and slaves which will lead to the founding of Georgetown University. The Plantations are still with us as shadows of themselves as parts of military bases and parks but many of the main building are still standing. The article is good it telling about the modern state of each plantation as of today...
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Over the last several years, there have been many news stories about the 1838 sale of 272 enslaved persons by the Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus and Georgetown University.
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The Jesuits owned five large estates in Maryland totaling around 12,000 acres: St. Inigoes and Newtown Manor in St. Mary’s County; St. Thomas Manor in Charles County; White Marsh Manor in Prince George’s County; and Bohemia in Cecil County on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. St. Inigoes and Newtown Manor contained around 3,000 acres. St. Thomas Manor, the largest, contained roughly 4,500 acres at its peak. White Marsh contained about 2,000 acres.
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The oldest of the plantations was St. Inigoes in St Mary’s County. The original 2,000 acres of land had been given to the Jesuits by the Lords Baltimore in 1637, only three years after the founding of the colony of Maryland.
Here they track those 272 slave to Louisiana...
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Over the last several years, there have been many news stories about the 1838 sale of 272 enslaved persons by the Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus and Georgetown University.
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The Jesuits owned five large estates in Maryland totaling around 12,000 acres: St. Inigoes and Newtown Manor in St. Mary’s County; St. Thomas Manor in Charles County; White Marsh Manor in Prince George’s County; and Bohemia in Cecil County on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. St. Inigoes and Newtown Manor contained around 3,000 acres. St. Thomas Manor, the largest, contained roughly 4,500 acres at its peak. White Marsh contained about 2,000 acres.
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The oldest of the plantations was St. Inigoes in St Mary’s County. The original 2,000 acres of land had been given to the Jesuits by the Lords Baltimore in 1637, only three years after the founding of the colony of Maryland.
Here they track those 272 slave to Louisiana...
Sale of Maryland Jesuit's enslaved community to Louisiana in 1838 · Georgetown Slavery Archive
slaveryarchive.georgetown.edu