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Tuesday, April 19, 2016 5:24:22 AM
272 Slaves Were Sold to Save Georgetown. What Does It Owe Their Descendants?
In 1838, the Jesuit priests who ran the country’s top Catholic university needed money to keep it alive. Now comes the task of making amends.
By RACHEL L. SWARNSAPRIL 16, 2016
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Georgetown University in Washington, seen from across the Potomac River. The institution came under fire last fall,
with students demanding justice for the slaves in the 1838 sale. Credit Gabriella Demczuk for The New York Times
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Richard Cellini, the chief executive of a technology company and a Georgetown alumnus, hired eight genealogists
to track down the slaves and their descendants. Credit Gabriella Demczuk for The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/17/us/georgetown-university-search-for-slave-descendants.html
A very unselfish effort by Richard Cellini, and others.
In 1838, the Jesuit priests who ran the country’s top Catholic university needed money to keep it alive. Now comes the task of making amends.
By RACHEL L. SWARNSAPRIL 16, 2016
[...]
Georgetown University in Washington, seen from across the Potomac River. The institution came under fire last fall,
with students demanding justice for the slaves in the 1838 sale. Credit Gabriella Demczuk for The New York Times
[...]
Richard Cellini, the chief executive of a technology company and a Georgetown alumnus, hired eight genealogists
to track down the slaves and their descendants. Credit Gabriella Demczuk for The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/17/us/georgetown-university-search-for-slave-descendants.html
A very unselfish effort by Richard Cellini, and others.
It was Plato who said, “He, O men, is the wisest, who like Socrates, knows that his wisdom is in truth worth nothing”
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