Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/Georgetown Slavery Archive Editing Workshop and Edit-a-thon
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Georgetown Slavery Archive Editing Workshop
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In 1838, Jesuit priests sold 272 enslaved people who worked on Jesuit plantations in Southern Maryland. Proceeds from the sale were used to pay a portion of Georgetown University's debts. The Georgetown Slavery Archive was established in 2016 to maintain and share materials related to slavery and the 1838 sale. We will use these materials to edit and create relevant Wikipedia articles. New editors are welcome. Training will be provided.
This event is free and open to the public. Registration is required. Lunch will be provided.
Laptops are required. Please bring your own. Wikimedia has two laptops to loan. Reserve one by emailing info@wikimediadc.org.
When
- February 2, 2018 2:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Where
- Georgetown University
- Lauinger Library-Murray Room (5th floor) - ID required for entry
- 3700 O Streets NW
- Washington, DC 20057
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Articles Related to the 1838 Sale
- Red links indicate that the article does not yet exist. We do not recommend creating new articles if you are new to editing Wikipedia.
Georgetown and The Church
Slavery and the 1838 Sale
- The Georgetown 272
- 1838_Georgetown slave sale - CREATED! Also translated to Arabic: بيع عبيد جورجتاون عام 1838
- Catholic Church and slavery
- History of slavery in Maryland
- Domestic Slave Trade add 1838 sale
- Freedom suit-add Queens
- Maringouin, Louisiana
Individuals-Jesuits, Enslaved People, Enslavers, University Administrators, Politicians
- Washington Barrow
- Jesse Batey - CREATED, pending review
- Anne Marie Becraft[1][2] *** - CREATED
- John Carroll (bishop)
- William Gaston
- Isaac Hawkins - CREATED
- Henry Johnson (Louisiana politician)
- Robert Molyneux (President, Georgetown)
- John McElroy (Jesuit)
- William McSherry
- Thomas F. Mulledy[3]
- Francis Neale
- Leonard Neale
- James A. Ryder (President)
- Frank Campbell (GU272)
Jesuit Plantations, Churches and Other Properties
- Jesuit Plantations
- Chesapeake City, Maryland formerly Bohemia, Maryland
- Deer Creek Plantation (Maryland)[4]
- Frederick, Maryland
- Georgetown, Washington DC (add GU slavery)
- Leonardtown, Maryland
- Newtown, Maryland
- Port Tobacco, Maryland[5]
- St. Inigoes, Maryland
- St. Joseph, Maryland
- St. Mary's County, Maryland
- St. Thomas, Maryland
- Washington, Maryland
- White Marsh Plantation
- Woodstock, Maryland
- St. Francis Xavier Church and Newtown Manor House Historic District
- St. Thomas Manor
- Sacred Heart Church (Bowie, Maryland) located at White Marsh Plantation
Louisiana Plantations
- Chatham Plantation (Louisiana)
- West Oak Plantation (Louisiana)
Related Categories-Each contains a list of relevant articles
- Slavery in the United States
- Slavery in the United States by State
- History of slavery in Louisiana
- Abolitionism in the United States
- African American Benevolent Associations
- American proslavery activists
- American slave owners
- United States slavery law
- Plantations in the United States
- Slave rebellions in the United States
- Reparations for slavery
- African-American slave records
- American slave traders
- American abolitionists
- Works about American slavery
Georgetown Slavery Archive
Other Potential Sources
- "Report of the Working Group on Slavery, Memory and Reconciliation to the President of Georgetown University". Summer 2016.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) Report of the Working Group on Slavery, Memory and Reconciliation to the President of Georgetown University - Foley, Thomas (2017) "Saving Souls and Selling Them: Jesuit Slaveholding and the Georgetown Slavery Archive," Jesuit Higher Education: A Journal: Vol. 6 : No. 1 , Article 16.
- https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/12/us/georgetown-university-slaves-life-campbell.html Swarns, Rachel L. (March 12, 2017). "A Glimpse Into the Life of a Slave Sold to Save Georgetown". The New York Times.
- National Archives Catalog
- National Register of Historic Places - NPGallery Digital Asset Search
- A Guide to the History of Slavery in Maryland
- JStor
- Georgetown Library Databases