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Episode Synopsis
The business of treating people as property has never reflected well on those who practice it; however, when the practice is not just morally repugnant but also violates the religious precepts of your faith... you really have to ask yourself what side of history you want to be on. In 1838, the Jesuit order of Maryland faced just such a dilemma. These are the choices they made.
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Sources:
The Georgetown Slavery Archive
The Georgetown Memory Project
The GU272 Memory Project
Facing Georgetown's History: A Reader on Slavery, Memory, and Reconciliation by Adam Rothman, Elsa Barraza Mendoza, et al. (2021)
Further Resources:
The Georgetown Memory Project
The GU272 Memory Project
The GU272 Descendants Association
The Jesuit Plantation Project
The Slavery, History, Memory, and Reconciliation Project
Love the show? Support us on Patreon, at www.patreon.com/RelativeDisastersPodcast.
Sources:
The Georgetown Slavery Archive
The Georgetown Memory Project
The GU272 Memory Project
Facing Georgetown's History: A Reader on Slavery, Memory, and Reconciliation by Adam Rothman, Elsa Barraza Mendoza, et al. (2021)
Further Resources:
The Georgetown Memory Project
The GU272 Memory Project
The GU272 Descendants Association
The Jesuit Plantation Project
The Slavery, History, Memory, and Reconciliation Project
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