Addressing effects of slavery calls for looking ahead, panelists say thebostonpilot.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thebostonpilot.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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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
At Georgetown University, Mlisande Short-Colomb wrote a play about how the school had sold her enslaved ancestors washingtonpost.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from washingtonpost.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Georgetown is well known for the opportunities it has provided to African Americans, especially through the legacy of legendary basketball coach John Thompson. Yet the Jesuits who run the school once bought and sold human beings. In fact, in 1838, they sold 272 people to pay off the university’s debts. When confronted with this kind of information, one has several choices. For far too long we have minimized, ignored or revised history to avoid uncomfortable facts. We can choose to speak the truth, however. In 2015, the current president of Georgetown, John DeGioia, created a group to study the university’s history with slavery. No stone was left unturned and almost 8,000 descendants of these 272 people were found. In consultation with members of this group, the Jesuits have pledged $100 million through the Descendants Truth and Reconciliation Foundation. Their hope is “to advance the transformative power of truth and reconciliation in America.”
Mayer Brown advises on $1bn foundation to compensate descendants of slaves globallegalpost.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from globallegalpost.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.