Plantation as Mission: American Indians, Enslaved Africans, and Jesuit Missionaries in Maryland
Abstract Jesuit endeavors in Maryland are difficult to categorize as either missions or plantations. Archaeological sites associated with the Maryland Mission/ Province bear similarities to Jesuit mission sites in New France as well as plantations in Latin America and the Caribbean. It is clear that...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2021
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Journal of Jesuit studies
Year: 2021, Volume: 8, Issue: 3, Pages: 385-407 |
| IxTheo Classification: | HH Archaeology KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KBQ North America KCA Monasticism; religious orders KDB Roman Catholic Church RJ Mission; missiology |
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American Indians
B Slavery B Plantations B African Americans B Religion B Jesuits B Maryland B English missions B Pennsylvania |
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| Summary: | Abstract Jesuit endeavors in Maryland are difficult to categorize as either missions or plantations. Archaeological sites associated with the Maryland Mission/ Province bear similarities to Jesuit mission sites in New France as well as plantations in Latin America and the Caribbean. It is clear that in Maryland, the Jesuits did not enforce a distinction between missions as places of conversion and plantations as sites of capitalist production. Moreover, people of American Indian, African, and European ancestry have been connected with Maryland’s Jesuit plantations throughout their history. Archaeological evidence of Indian missions in Maryland—however fragmented—contributes to a narrative of the Maryland mission that is at odds with prevailing nineteenth- and twentieth-century histories. Archaeology demonstrates the importance of critically reflecting on available historical evidence, including a historiographic focus on either mission or plantation, on the written history of Jesuits in the Americas. Furthermore, historical archaeologists must reconceptualize missions as both places and practices. |
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| ISSN: | 2214-1332 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Jesuit studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/22141332-0803P003 |