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Descendants of 272 slaves sold by Georgetown priests to Louisiana later founded Southern University

Por: The Advocate Entertainment October 13, 2022

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Three million dollars.That's the modern equivalent of the price paid for 272 slaves of African descent in 1838, all sold to Louisiana plantations by Jesuit priests who baptized them into the Catholic faith. The priests considered these people their property, to be bought and sold to fund the mounting debt of a Jesuit-founded college that would become Georgetown University. A photo of an original manifest for the 272 slaves sold by Jesuit... + full article



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