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August 31, 2023
The descendants of Ann Joice, separated as part of the sale of 272 people, are at the center of a vital new work
February 3, 2023
Addressing the university’s history of slavery is intimately intertwined with developing ways to actively memorialize the people it enslaved.
July 10, 2022
In the annals of racial reckoning, Georgetown University’s public atonement for its historical links to slavery has attracted ...
February 17, 2022
Some civil rights advocates say colleges could make being a descendant of any American slave a new factor in admissions.
March 16, 2021
Catholic order pledges $100m in reparations to descendants of enslaved people Miranda Bryant © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Ali Haider/EPA An order of Catholic priests has pledged $100m in reparations to descendants of Black people it enslaved and sold, in the largest initiative of its kind by the church. Leaders of the Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States have promised to raise the sum, which will be paid to a foundation set up with a group of descendant...