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In 'The 272: The Families Who Were Enslaved and Sold to Build the American Catholic Church,' Rachel Swarns tells of “one of the largest documented slave sales in the nation," the Jesuit sale of 272 enslaved persons in 1838.

The descendants of Ann Joice, separated as part of the sale of 272 people, are at the center of a vital new work

In ‘The 272,’ Rachel Swarns recounts how the Jesuit order relied on slave sales to finance their expansion and build the U.S. church as we know it today.

"The 272" by Rachel L. Swarns sheds new light on the harrowing story of those owned and sold by the Jesuits.

“The 272,” by Rachel L. Swarns, recounts the decision by the university’s early leaders to sell nearly 300 people enslaved on Jesuit-owned plantations in Maryland in 1838.

Elliot Page discusses his gender transition in a new memoir, and S.A. Cosby returns with a police thriller. Also: New Lorrie Moore!