Uncovering the past: Descendants of enslaved people join dig on former Jesuit plantation
RENÉE RODEN, of Religion News Service, reports on how the descendents of those enslaved on a Maryland plantation owned by the Jesuit have been able to connect with their family’s past through their participation on an archaeological dig…
History of slaves sold for US Catholic-run university detailed in new genealogical website
RNS A genealogical association has launched a new website detailing the family histories of slaves who were sold to keep Catholic-run Georgetown University from bankruptcy in the 1800s. American Ancestors announced the new GU272 Memory Project website on 19th June, the anniversary of Juneteenth, the day in 1865 when some American slaves learned they had […]