This New York Times story sure hits close to home: 272 Slaves Were Sold to Save Georgetown. What Does It Owe Their Descendants? As a human being and as an alumnus, I find this startling. As a historian, I can’t think of a better way to make history relevant to students in the present.
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Make sure to follow the article’s links to specific documents in the Georgetown Slavery archive.