Event

Liturgy of Remembrance, Contrition, and Hope, 2017

On 18 April 2017 Georgetown and the Society of Jesus apologised for the 1838 sale, before more than 100 descendants.

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Georgetown Apologizes for 1838 Sale of More Than 270 Enslaved, Dedicates Buildings, Georgetown University, 18 Apr 2017. Primary record
An apology from Georgetown and the Society of Jesus’ Maryland Province for their roles in the 1838 sale of more than 270 enslaved individuals for the university’s benefit took place today
Society of Jesus Apologizes for the Sins of Jesuit Slaveholding at Georgetown University Liturgy, Jesuits (Jesuit Conference of the United States and Canada), 18 Apr 2017. Primary record
The Society of Jesus prays with you today because we have greatly sinned, and because we are profoundly sorry.
Though we think it right and just to ask, we acknowledge that we have no right to it.
descendants of the 272 men, women and children Jesuits enslaved and then sold in 1838
Remarks at the “Liturgy of Remembrance, Contrition, and Hope”, Georgetown University, Office of the President, 18 Apr 2017. Primary record
Slavery remains the original evil of our Republic—an evil that our University was complicit in
we offer this apology for the sins against your ancestors humbly and without expectation

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