The Jesuits and Descendants of the 272 enslaved individuals sold in 1838 by the Maryland Province of Jesuits establish a new charitable foundation focused on racial healing and educational advancement…
Tianna Mobley (C'20, G'22), a recent Georgetown alumna who is now studying for her master's degree in history, uses a fellowship to research the impact of slavery around the White…
The Georgetown Slavery Archive serves as a valuable outreach tool for the university and broader public community with events, workshops, lectures and panel presentations.
“In the fall of 2017, I was a panelist at the Universities Studying Slavery Conference at the University of Virginia, where I talked about learning how my family is descended…
"We launched the Georgetown Slavery Archive in February 2016 with about 20 key documents, many of which had been previously digitized and put online by the Georgetown American Studies Program's…
More than 100 members of the Georgetown community participate in a weeklong virtual transcription event to commemorate Washington, DC’s Emancipation Day.
History professor Adam Rothman is teaching an undergraduate course designed to examine the university’s historical connections to slavery, that connection’s legacy and efforts toward reconciliation. Students in the course have…
Elizabeth Thomas (G’19) will cross the stage to get her graduate degree from Georgetown's School of Continuing Studies thinking about her ancestors and her future as a journalist.
