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Catholic Slaveholders, Enslaved People, and the Making of Georgetown University, 1792-1862
Barraza Mendoza , Elsa (Georgetown University, 2021)This dissertation examines how Catholic slave owners and enslaved laborers shaped the founding and operations of Georgetown University from 1789 to 1862. Part of this story is already well known. In 1838, Maryland Jesuits ...