Jesuit Plantation Project Redux
Sharon M. Leon |@sharonmleon
Mulledy Hall, 1903
Thomas F. Mulledy, S.J. (1794-1861)
slaveryarchive.georgetown.edu
Enslaved Community owned by the Maryland Province Jesuits, 1740-1800.
- 1,081 people
- 552 people with birth years
- 391 children with at least one named parent
- 32 Free people of color
- 30 enslaved people owned by others
jesuitplantationproject.org
Derived data
- Hand generated from document transcriptions
- Individuals and relationships processed to People with Unique ID, and then de-dupped
- Appearances processed to Events with participants
- Event types: birth, baptism, marriage, death, inventory, health, sale, legal, labor, commerce, conditions, travel, punishment, run away
- Imported to Omeka S to publish LOD
[1802 Dr St. Thomas's Manor in acct with Cash]
[1803]
[Jan]
26 To cash from Henny for 3 barrels corn @ $2 6.00 2.5.0
April 22 To Cash recd for sale of negro Constant, property of N.L. Sewall's estate 101.10.0
[opposite folio 1802 Contra Cr.]
[1803]
[Jan]
10 By do to do (the Taylor C. Layman) for making a servant's great coat 0.12.6
April 22 By Do [cash] to Mrs. Dorothy Digges for negro woman Jenny & her child 85.0.0
Title Text
Conditions
Gardens for the Enslaved (1790)
- Single man: 100 yards long, & 40 yards wide
- Married man and his wife, together: 200 yards in length, & 40 yards in breadth
- If a married man has a patch of these last dimensions; his wife shall have no separate patch.
- No boy, nor girl shall be entitled to a patch til he or she is a full hand, with respect to work
- The patches shall be made only in such places, as the Master shall appoint.
Men & working boys (1797)
One Winter suit consisting of one woolen jacket & breeches (or, trowsers, at option of Master): one pair yarn stockings; one pair shoes. -- Two shirts -- one pair linen trowsers, for summer.
Women & working girls (1797)
One woolen short gown and petticoat, for winter -- one linen petticoat, for summer -- two shifts -- one pair shoes -- one pair yarn stockings every other year; & feeting, alternately.
Children -- As necessity requires.
N.B. Blankets, when necessary.
Health
Major Contagions
- Early 1790s: Small pox
- Near constant malaria
- 1827-1828: Typhoid
Manumisson and Selling for Term
earlywashingtondc.org
Marriage and Family
Title Text
| Place | People | Spouses | Children |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Marsh | 252 | 52 | 150 |
| Bohemia | 101 | 10 | 14 |
| Newtown | 175 | 49 | 98 |
| St. Inigoes | 222 | 13 | 22 |
| St. Thomas | 93 | 15 | 29 |
| St. Joseph | 37 | 0 | 4 |
| Port Tobacco | 66 | 22 | 44 |
| Fingale | 22 | 0 | 16 |
| Georgetown | 27 | 3 | 1 |
Social Network Analysis?
Why consider SNA for this community?
- Are these communities more or less stable than others?
- Are these kinship networks more or less dense than others?
- Can we see (and explain) meaningful change over time?
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Questions about using SNA
- What does it mean to analyze a community that is bounded and has very little control over their inclusion/movement?
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With a significantly incomplete data set, what is the threshold at which social network analysis is revealing?
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What are the appropriate visualizations to provide an entry point to this medium-sized collection of data points?
Newtown Community
Social Network Analysis
- Average Degree: Average number of connections
- Density: Inclusiveness (total number of points minus the isolated ones) and the sum of the degrees of its points
- Average Path Length: average number of edges from one point to another
| Place | Average Degree | Density | Average Path |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Marsh + Fingale | 1.775 | 0.006 | 1.987 |
| St. Thomas + Port Tobacco | 1.808 | 0.011 | 1.671 |
| Newtown | 2.317 | 0.012 | 4.061 |
| St. Inigoes | 0.409 | 0.002 | 1.619 |
| Bohemia | 0.49 | 0.005 | 1.107 |
JPP-Redux
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