#  272 Slaves Were Sold to Save Georgetown. What Does It Owe Their Descendants? - The New York Times 

 





April 26, 2016

 

 

> 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.

Source: *[272 Slaves Were Sold to Save Georgetown. What Does It Owe Their Descendants? - The New York Times](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/17/us/georgetown-university-search-for-slave-descendants.html)*



 

 

 



 

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