descendants of slaves sold by georgetown university say they want reparations now /

Back in 1838,Jesuit priests sold 272 slaves to save Georgetown University from bankruptcy. Now, the descendants of those enslaved people are calling for reparations. At the time, or the famed university was Georgetown College,barely staying afloat until the priests sold those 272 to plantations in Louisiana. As modern York Times journalist Rachel Swarns wrote of the […]The post Descendants of slaves sold by Georgetown University say they want reparations now appeared first on theGrio.

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