Slavery, Mortgage Certificate Related to 1838 Sale, 1844

File — Box: 62, Folder: 18

Identifier: 119_40_7

Slavery, Mortgage Certificate Related to 1838 Sale

Scope and Contents

Certificate issued by Judge Duffell of Ascension Parish verifying mortgages held by Henry Johnson, March 12, 1844

**Former finding aid locations: 119_40_7; 112R6**

Materials on Slavery

This folder contains materials related to Jesuit slaveholding and to the 1838 sale of 272 enslaved individuals.

Dates

1844

Extent

From the Collection: 292 boxes (292 total boxes, plus 14 card catalog drawers (201 regular boxes, 25 oversized boxes, 53 restricted regular boxes, 13 restricted oversized boxes, 14 card catalog drawers))