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Georgetown: Georgetown Slavery Archive Paul Rochford, "Louisa Mahoney Mason"

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This essay traces the life of Louisa Mahoney Mason and her family. Louisa Mahoney Mason was a member of the Maryland Jesuit enslaved community; she remained in Maryland after the 1838 sale. She and her children were the last people held in slavery by the Maryland Jesuits, emancipated in 1864.

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