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Portrait of Bishop John Carroll founded Georgetown University in 1789. He owned more than 100 slaves. [portrait by Gilbert Stuart, circa. 1806, Public Domain - Wikipedia]

  Articles

• Cauterucci, Christina. “Why Protesting Georgetown Students Want Their School to Pay a Novel Form of Reparations,” Slate, November 13, 2015.
• The Georgetown Slavery Archive – Georgetown University
• Monyak, Suzanne. “Built by Slaves and Jesuits: Georgetown’s Past is Mired in the Institution of Slavery,” The Hoya, January 30, 2015.
• Shaver, Katherine. “Georgetown University to Rename Two Buildings that Reflect School’s Ties to Slavery,” Washington Post, November 15, 2015.
• Swarns, Rachel L. And Patel, Sona. “‘A Million Questions’ From Descendants of Slaves Sold to Aid Georgetown,” New York Times, May 20, 2016.
• Georgetown University - Wikipedia

Books

• Wilder, Craig Steven. 2014. Ebony & Ivy: Race, Slavery, and the Troubled History of America's Universities. New York: Bloomsbury Press.

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