Bibliograph

The 272, the families who were enslaved and sold to build the American Catholic Church, Rachel L. Swarns

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The 272, the families who were enslaved and sold to build the American Catholic Church, Rachel L. Swarns

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-313) and index

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contains biographical information

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Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The 272

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1354504740

Responsibility statement

Rachel L. Swarns

Sub title

the families who were enslaved and sold to build the American Catholic Church

Summary

"In 1838, a group of America's most prominent Catholic priests sold 272 enslaved people to save their largest mission project, what is now Georgetown University. In this groundbreaking account, journalist, author, and professor Rachel L. Swarns follows one family through nearly two centuries of indentured servitude and enslavement to uncover the harrowing origin story of the Catholic Church in the United States. Through the saga of the Mahoney family, Swarns illustrates how the Church relied on slave labor and slave sales to sustain its operations and to help finance its expansion." --Amazon.com

Table Of Contents

Arrivals -- A church's captives -- Freedom fever -- A new generation -- The promise -- A college on the rise -- Love and peril -- Saving Georgetown -- The sale -- A family divided -- Exile -- New roots -- Freedom -- The profits

Target audience

adult

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Two seven twoTwo hundred seventy two

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