题名:
The 272 : the families who were enslaved and sold to build the American Catholic Church
GVPL_EDITION:
First edition.
PUBDATE:
2023
GVPL_PUBLICATION_INFO:
New York, NY : Random House, [2023]
物理描述:
xviii, 326 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 25 cm.
ISBN:
9780399590863
摘要:
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 account, 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.
内容:
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 dividend -- Exile -- New roots -- Freedom -- The profits.
LANGUAGE:
英文
