Swarns, Rachel L. <br/><br/>
The 272 :  the families who were enslaved and sold to build the American Catholic Church / 
 Two hundred seventy two  Two seven two 
Rachel L. Swarns. 
 - First edition. 
 - xviii, 326 pages, [8] pages of plates :  illustrations (some color), map ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages [237]-313) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> "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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0399590862 9780399590863 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Catholic Church--History--United States<br/>Georgetown University--History.<br/>Jesuits--History.--United States
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>African Americans--History<br/>Racism--United States<br/>Reconciliation<br/>Slavery--History--United States
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Biographies
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>E445 .M3  / S94 2023 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>378.753