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The Jesuit Plantation Project

Subject Area:

Social Studies

Address/URL:

http://www.georgetown.edu/departments/amer_studies/coverjpp.html

Description:

The Jesuit Plantation Project at Georgetown University's American Studies Department involves the conversion of Maryland's Province Archive to an electronic format. This archive contains personal, legal, and financial documents produced on six Jesuit-owned plantations in Maryland between 1650 and 1838. Visitors to this site will find not only excellent original source material in electronic format, but also some pointers for further related research.

How You Can Use This Source:

Travel back in time through the writings of a Jesuit Brother.
Explore the relationship between Catholicism and slavery in American history.
Browse a complete list of digitized images from the Maryland Province Archive Documents.

Go to The Jesuit Plantation Project.