1st Edition

Jesuit Slaveholding in Maryland, 1717-1838

By Thomas Murphy Copyright 2001
284 Pages
by Routledge

284 Pages
by Routledge

284 Pages
by Routledge

From the colonial period through the early nineteenth century, Father Thomas J. Murphy writes a compelling chronology and in depth analysis of Jesuit slaveholding in the state of Maryland.

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1: Property and Religious Liberty: The Emergence Jesuit Slaveholding
Chapter 2 Real Poverty and Apparent Wealth on the Jesuit Farms
Chapter 3. Doubt and Debate: Jesuit Questions About Slaveholding
Chapter 4. Preaching Versus Pratice: Jesuit Theory and Conduct of Slaveholding
Chapter 5. Brother Joseph Mobberly and the Intellectual Antecents of Jesuit Anti-Abolitionism
Chapter 6. To Serve The Slave or The Immigrant
Chapter 7. The End of Maryland Jesuit Slaveholding, 1838
Epilogue: A Slaveholding Both Anglo-American and Catholic
Bibliography

Biography

Thomas Murphy

"A definite treatment of its subject, Thomas Murphy's book is a fine example of history writ small...The book will stimulate new ways of seeing and thinking about the history of American journalism." -- Joseph P. McKerns, American Historical Review