Jesuit slaveholding in Maryland, 1717-1838

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