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Author:

Swarns, Rachel L., author.

Title:

The 272 : the families who were enslaved and sold to build the American Catholic Church / Rachel L. Swarns.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Random House,

Copyright Date:

2023

Description:

xviii, 326 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Georgetown University--History.
Jesuits--United States--History.
Catholic Church--United States--History.
Slavery--United States--History.
African Americans--History.
Racism--United States.
Reconciliation.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery.
Biographies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-313) and index.

Contents:

Arrivals -- A church's captives -- Freedom fever -- A new generation -- The promise -- A college on the rise -- Love and peril -- Saving Georgetown -- The sale -- A family dividend -- Exile -- New roots -- Freedom -- The profits.

Summary:

"In 1838, a group of America's most prominent Catholic priests sold 272 enslaved people to save their largest mission project, what is now Georgetown University. In this groundbreaking account, journalist, author, and professor Rachel L. Swarns follows one family through nearly two centuries of indentured servitude and enslavement to uncover the harrowing origin story of the Catholic Church in the United States. Through the saga of the Mahoney family, Swarns illustrates how the Church relied on slave labor and slave sales to sustain its operations and to help finance its expansion." --Amazon.com.

ISBN:

0399590862
9780399590863

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