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The 272
- The Families Who Were Enslaved and Sold to Build the American Catholic Church
- By: Rachel L. Swarns
- Narrated by: Karen Murray
- Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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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.
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Not surprising…
- By NW P on 06-16-23
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The 272
- The Families Who Were Enslaved and Sold to Build the American Catholic Church
- Narrated by: Karen Murray
- Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 06-13-23
- Language: English
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American Tapestry
- The Story of the Black, White, and Multiracial Ancestors of Michelle Obama
- By: Rachel L. Swarns
- Narrated by: Claudia Alick
- Length: 11 hrs and 59 mins
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Michelle Obama's family saga is a remarkable, quintessentially American story - a journey from slavery to the White House in five generations. Yet, until now, little has been reported on the First Lady's roots. Prodigiously researched, American Tapestry traces the complex and fascinating tale of Michelle Obama's ancestors, a history that the First Lady did not even know herself. Rachel L. Swarns, a correspondent for the New York Times, brings into focus the First Lady's Black, White, and multiracial forebears.
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A unique look at history
- By Caro on 10-14-12
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American Tapestry
- The Story of the Black, White, and Multiracial Ancestors of Michelle Obama
- Narrated by: Claudia Alick
- Length: 11 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 06-19-12
- Language: English
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