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Confronting Georgetown's history of slavery

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Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., and the Jesuits are trying to make amends for selling 272 slaves in 1838 to keep the then-struggling school afloat. One descendant of the "Georgetown 272" is confronting this history as a student while asking what more can be done for other descendants.

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