The 272 : the families who were enslaved and sold to build the American Catholic Church
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New York, NY : Random House, [2023].
Edition
First edition.
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xviii, 326 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map, portraits (some color) ; 25 cm.
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Canon City Public Library - NONFICTION | 975.2 SWA | On Shelf |
Carnegie Public Library - NONFICTION | 975.2 SWARN | On Shelf |
Mancos Library District - NONFICTION | 975.2 SWA | On Shelf |
Nederland Community Library - NONFICTION | 973.5 Swarns | On Shelf |
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Published
New York, NY : Random House, [2023].
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [237]-313) and index.
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"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. The story begins with Ann Joice, a free Black woman and the matriarch of the Mahoney family. Joice sailed to Maryland in the late 1600s as an indentured servant, but her contract was burned and her freedom stolen. Her descendants, who were enslaved by Jesuit priests, passed down the story of that broken promise for centuries. Their descendants would remain apart until Rachel Swarns’s reporting in The New York Times finally reunited them. They would go on to join other GU272 descendants who pressed Georgetown and the Catholic Church to make amends, prodding the institutions to break new ground in the movement for reparations and reconciliation in America." --,Publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Swarns, R. L. (2023). The 272: the families who were enslaved and sold to build the American Catholic Church (First edition.). Random House.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Swarns, Rachel L.. 2023. The 272: The Families Who Were Enslaved and Sold to Build the American Catholic Church. Random House.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Swarns, Rachel L.. The 272: The Families Who Were Enslaved and Sold to Build the American Catholic Church Random House, 2023.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Swarns, Rachel L.. The 272: The Families Who Were Enslaved and Sold to Build the American Catholic Church First edition., Random House, 2023.
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