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University Apologizes for Sale of 272

University Apologizes for Sale of 272

By Hannah Urtz and Lily Steinberg April 21, 2017

  In one of the most active attempts by a U.S. university to address a tie to slavery, Georgetown community members convened with descendants of the 272 slaves sold in 1838 to formally apologize...

EDITORIAL: Inclusion of Descendants Integral to Reconciliation

By Editorial Board April 4, 2017

In the words of the report commissioned last summer by Georgetown’s Working Group on Slavery, Memory and Reconciliation, “Ultimately, reconciliation requires relationship.” Since Georgetown publicly...

EDITORIAL: Reconcile Through Restoration

By Editorial Board February 28, 2017

Since the reopening of then-Mulledy Hall in 2015 called into question a past steeped with the horrors of the slave trade, Georgetown has struggled to reconcile its Jesuit values with the sale of 272 enslaved...

Students Aim to Restore Tombstones of 272 Slaves

By Matthew Larson February 24, 2017

Students have launched the Tombstone Restoration Initiative to raise $1,200 in the next two months to restore the identifiable tombstones of members of the 272 slaves whom Georgetown sold in 1838. Ayodele...

Panelists Advocate for Continued Discussion on 272

By Gaia Mattiace October 14, 2016

Georgetown must continue to focus attention on its history with slavery as it begins to reconcile with its past, according to a panel discussion on Georgetown’s slaveholding past in Lohrfink Auditorium...

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