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Jesuit Priests Pledge to Raise $100M for Reparations to Black Descendants of Enslaved People
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Catholic Priests Pledge To Raise $100 Million In Restitution For Descendants Of Enslaved Black People
The Jesuits are attempting to atone for holding Black people in bondage in the 19th century.
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Written by Madison J. Gray
Leaders of the U.S. Jesuit conference of priests have announced they will try to raise $100 million to benefit the descendants of enslaved Black people once owned by the Roman Catholic order. The initiative is an attempt to foster racial reconciliation and atone for participation in the Transatlantic Slave Trade,
The priests co-founded a foundation called the Descendants Truth & Reconciliation Foundation, which represents the descendants of both those who were enslaved and those who had enslaved them and supported by JP Morgan Chase, according to a statement released Monday.
Jesuits pledge $100 million for descendants of people the Catholic order once enslaved
Maryland Jesuits in 1838 sold 272 people to plantation owners in Louisiana to pay Georgetown University s debts.
By Marisa IatiThe Washington Post
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Photographs of descendants of enslaved people who were sold by Georgetown University and the Maryland Jesuits to southern Louisiana in 1838. Claire Vail/American Ancestors/New England Historic Genealogical Society via AP
WASHINGTON One of the Catholic Church’s most well-known religious orders has pledged $100 million for the descendants of hundreds of enslaved people they once profited from – a significant move toward atoning for its slavery as the United States continues to reckon with its past.
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