Event
1838 sale of 272 enslaved people by the Maryland Jesuits
The Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus sold 272 enslaved people in 1838; proceeds went to the Province and were used to pay off debts at Georgetown.
- Dates
- 1838
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- How are 1838 sale of 272 enslaved people by the Maryland Jesuits and … connected?
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involved
- Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus seller; received the proceeds Primary record 1
- Georgetown University its debts were paid from the proceeds Primary record 1
- Thomas Mulledy administered the sale Primary record 1
- Isaac Hawkins first person listed in the sale document Primary record 2
caused
- Liturgy of Remembrance, Contrition, and Hope, 2017 Primary record 3
Timeline 1 date
- 1838 1838 sale of 272 enslaved people by the Maryland Jesuits
Proof 3 sources
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Georgetown Shares Slavery, Memory, and Reconciliation Report, Racial Justice Steps, Georgetown University, 1 Sep 2016.
Primary record
Proceeds of the sale went to the Maryland Province of Jesuits and were used to pay off debts at Georgetown.
the 1838 sale of 272 enslaved people who worked on Jesuit plantations in southern Maryland
the names of Georgetown presidents Thomas Mulledy, S.J., and William McSherry, S.J., who had administered the 1838 sale
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Georgetown Apologizes for 1838 Sale of More Than 270 Enslaved, Dedicates Buildings, Georgetown University, 18 Apr 2017.
Primary record
Isaac Hawkins was the first enslaved person listed in the 1838 sale document.
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Society of Jesus Apologizes for the Sins of Jesuit Slaveholding at Georgetown University Liturgy, Jesuits (Jesuit Conference of the United States and Canada), 18 Apr 2017.
Primary record
descendants of the 272 men, women and children Jesuits enslaved and then sold in 1838
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