Joseph Greenlief (abt. 1781 - aft. 1845)

Born about 1781 in Maryland, USA [uncertain]

Descendants

Died after 1845 after about age 64 in Louisiana, USA [uncertain]

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Biography

Joseph Greenlief is a part of US Black heritage.

Joseph was born about 1781. He passed away after 1845.

Joseph was one of 272 slaves in 1838 sold by Maryland's Jesuit priests to Southern plantations to raise money for Georgetown University. Georgetown Memory Project code: GMP-147.

Joseph (aka Joe) and his family were enumerated on a passenger list for the Katherine Jackson which departed Alexandria, District of Columbia, and arrived in New Orleans, Louisiana on 13 Nov 1838.^[1]

He was married to Esther and had six children:

1. Greenfield Anthony Green (b.1813)
2. Sylvester (b.1819)
3. Emeline Green (b.1822)
4. Miles Green (b.1825)
5. Mary Green (b.1826)
6. Esther Green (b.1828)

Who Are GU272?

In 1838, the Maryland Jesuits sold more than 300 enslaved people to sugar plantations in southern Louisiana, in order to rescue Georgetown University from bankruptcy. In all, the Jesuits sold 314 men, women and children over a 5-year period stretching from 1838 to 1843. Today, these enslaved people are known collectively as the “GU272 Ancestors.” Genealogists have identified many of the original people who were sold, along with 8,425 of their descendants, living and dead.

Sources

1. ↑ National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Slave Manifests of Coastwise Vessels Filed at New Orleans, Louisiana, 1807-1860; Microfilm Serial: M1895; Microfilm Roll: 8

• GU272 Descendants, 1785-2000. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2019). https://trees.americanancestors.org/#!/tree/33174/people/2QM-099A-U6XA

• GU272 Descendants, 1785-2000. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2019). https://www.americanancestors.org/DB2756/i/55293//1425737215