Listen to The 272 by Rachel L. Swarns

#ads Stream any unabridged audiobook of your choice with premium access by starting your trial on:https://booksreader.space/al-1944/Title: The 272 Author: Rachel L. Swarns Narrator: Karen Murray Format: mp3 Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins Release date: 06-13-23 Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 55 ratings Genres: Black & African American Publisher's Summary: 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 groundbreaking account, journalist, author, and professor 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.