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GU272: Advocating for Descendants of the Enslaved
• February 12, 2020
In 1838, the Jesuits of Maryland sold 272 enslaved persons to plantations in Louisiana — in part to pay off debts for the struggling Georgetown College in Washington, D.C. It […]
