Deed of Gift between Superior of Maryland Mission and Thomas Jameson, January 30, 1717

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From Mission to Social Justice: Four Centuries of the Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus

Deed conveying Maryland mission land and enslaved people to Thomas Jameson, who acted as a trustee, 1717 p.1

Deed conveying Maryland mission land and enslaved people to Thomas Jameson, who acted as a trustee, 1717 p.2

A trustee relationship was established with this deed of gift, which formally transferred ownership of 15 people enslaved at Newtown from William Hunter, S.J., to Thomas Jameson. This deed of gift was one example of legal maneuvers that protected Jesuit property from the enforcement of laws that barred Catholic clerics from owning property.

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