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The 272 excerpt: Jesuits sold the enslaved to save Georgetown University

The 272 excerpt: Jesuits sold the enslaved to save Georgetown University
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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.

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