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The 272: The Families Who Were Enslaved and Sold to Build the American Catholic Church
Rachel L. Swarns
2023
Newspaper clippings about the Octavius V. Catto.

Lynchings in the North

A project to bring to light the stories of these victims’ lives and to highlight the patterns of racial terror perpetrated across the Northeast and Midwest.
by Rachel L. Swarns via NYU Journalism on September 9, 2023
A page of the 1838 deal by the Jesuits to sell 272 enslaved people.

The Families Enslaved by the Jesuits, Then Sold to Save Georgetown

In 1838, leaders of the Catholic order faced opposition from their own priests, but pressed forward with the sale of 272 human beings anyway.
by Rachel L. Swarns via Retropolis on June 15, 2023
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