'It stops you cold': the 272 enslaved people sold to fund Georgetown | Maryland
The descendants of Ann Joice, separated as part of the sale of 272 people, are at the center of a vital new work
Source: theguardian.com
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The descendants of Ann Joice, separated as part of the sale of 272 people, are at the center of a vital new work
“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.