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Archives and Activism in the Classroom: An Overdue Conversation with Adam Rothman

Oct 03, 202148 minSeason 1Ep. 4
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In 1838, the Maryland Jesuits who operated Georgetown University, among numerous other concerns, conducted one of the largest sales of enslaved people in American history. Nearly 300 people were sold, mostly to plantations in Louisiana. The legacy of this tragedy has been at the center of Georgetown University politics for nearly a decade. Students, faculty,…
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