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WASHINGTON (CNS) The devastating impact of the sin of slavery cannot be fixed with a simple apology and monetary restitution, Georgetown University officials acknowledge.
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By pledging $100 million for slave descendants, Jesuits are owning their history
May 4, 2021 national correspondent
Isaac Hawkins Hall is seen on the campus of Georgetown University April 4, 2017. The hall, previously known as Mulledy Hall and later Freedom Hall, was renamed in 2017 for one of the 272 enslaved men, women and children sold by Georgetown s Jesuit community to plantation owners in Louisiana in 1838. Hawkins was the first enslaved person listed in the sale documents. (Credit: Tyler Orsburn/CNS).
For two descendants of slaves sold by the Jesuits in the 19th century, George Floyd’s death at the hands of disgraced Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin last May served as a reminder of what their ancestors endured, and how far the country still has to go.
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A Catholic Order Pledged $100 Million to Atone for Taking Part in the Slave Trade. Some Descendants Want a New Deal.
The deal had been hammered out in a series of private meetings between the Jesuits and three descendant leaders.
Ancestors of Chanda Norton, left, and her sister, Ronda Thompson, were enslaved by the Jesuits in Maryland. After the Jesuits pledged to raise money to atone for participating in the slave trade, the sisters said that they and other descendants should have been consulted on how the funds would be allocated.Credit.Michael A. McCoy for The New York Times