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1838 Jesuit slave sale. On June 19, 1838, the Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus agreed to sell 272 slaves to two Louisiana planters, Henry Johnson and Jesse Batey, for $115,000 (equivalent to approximately $3.25 million in 2023). This sale was the culmination of a contentious and long-running debate among the Maryland Jesuits over ...
The student-led referendum was non-binding. [105] Later that year, after further pressure and follow up from the Georgetown University Student Association, [106] the university eventually moved forward with a similar proposal without the students' covering the cost with a tuition increase. [107]
Maryland colonists turned to importing indentured and enslaved Africans to satisfy the labor demand. By the 18th century, Maryland had developed into a plantation colony and slave society, requiring extensive numbers of field hands for the labor-intensive commodity crop of tobacco. In 1700, the province had a population of about 25,000, and by ...
The colonial families of Maryland were the leading families in the Province of Maryland. Several also had interests in the Colony of Virginia , and the two are sometimes referred to as the Chesapeake Colonies .
The enrollments steadily declined as Catholics moved to the suburbs, where the children attended public schools. [22] A major transition took place in the 1970s as most of the teaching nuns left their orders. Many schools closed, others replaced the nuns with much better paid lay teachers and started charging higher tuition. [23] [24]
[57] [58] For the Class of 2026 (enrolled fall 2022), Maryland received 56,766 applications and accepted 19,451 (34.3%). Of those accepted, 4,742 enrolled, a yield rate (the percentage of accepted students who choose to attend the university) of 24.4%. [59] Maryland's freshman retention rate is 95.5%, with 88.3% going on to graduate within six ...
“This rule is so easily beneficial to families gifting property to descendants and so often forgotten, resulting in unnecessary taxes paid by the kids,” said Sorrell.
Sidwell Friends School is a Quaker school located in Bethesda, Maryland, and Washington, D.C., offering pre-kindergarten through high school classes. Founded in 1883 by Thomas W. Sidwell, its motto is "Eluceat omnibus lux" (English: Let the light shine out from all ), alluding to the Quaker concept of inner light.