These essays, articles, and documents introduce readers to the history of Georgetown University’s involvement in slavery and recent efforts to confront its tr

A microcosm of the history of American slavery in a collection of the most important primary and secondary readings on slavery at Georgetown University and amon

Born into slavery in rural Louisiana, Rose Herera was bought and sold several times before being purchased by the De Hart family of New Orleans. Still a slave,

A leading African-American historian of race in America exposes the uncomfortable truths about race, slavery and the American academy, revealing that our leadin

A true story of six generations of an African American family in Maryland. Based on paintings, photographs, books, diaries, court records, legal documents, and