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Georgetown Community Marks 160th Emancipation Day Anniversary
Georgetown will commemorate Emancipation Day with a special exhibit, digitization efforts and other events to remember the injustices of enslavement and Georgetown’s own…
April 14, 2022
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Black Georgetown Rediscovered: Students Help Preserve History at Underground Railroad Hideout
Students in the Black Georgetown Rediscovered course toured the Mount Zion - Female Union Band Society cemeteries and helped document the estimated 9,000 Black residents of…
July 8, 2021
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Georgetown Honors Juneteenth, a Day To Commemorate Emancipation and the End of Slavery in the United States
As we honor Juneteenth – “June” plus “nineteenth” – and celebrate independence, we also recognize the struggle – historically and today – to achieve true freedom…
June 16, 2021
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Georgetown Preserves Memory, Charts Path for Lasting Change at Emancipation Day Conference on Legacies of Enslavement
This year’s Universities Studying Slavery Conference examined recent efforts to trace historical and contemporary legacies of enslavement and implement lasting.…
May 5, 2021
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Georgetown Continues Support as Jesuits, Descendants of Enslaved Form Foundation
The Jesuits and Descendants of the 272 enslaved individuals sold in 1838 by the Maryland Province of Jesuits establish a new charitable foundation focused on racial healing and…
March 15, 2021
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Graduate Student Examines Effects of Slavery in History of the White House Through Fellowship
Tianna Mobley (C'20, G'22), a recent Georgetown alumna who is now studying for her master's degree in history, uses a fellowship to research the impact of slavery around the…
February 1, 2021
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Georgetown Slavery Archive Provides Educational Outreach Events, Opportunities
The Georgetown Slavery Archive serves as a valuable outreach tool for the university and broader public community with events, workshops, lectures and panel.…
November 19, 2020
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Library Acquires Rare Logbook That Illustrates Life Aboard a Slave Ship
Georgetown acquires and digitizes a rare logbook depicting the experience of enslaved Africans aboard a ship that landed in Georgia 224 years.…
August 20, 2020
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History of Enslavement Project to Create Common Database for Universities
A project designed to create a better understanding of the “lived reality of bondage at institutions of higher education” will be created by Georgetown and two other…
August 3, 2020
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Transcription Event for Georgetown Slavery Archive Honors DC Emancipation Day
More than 100 members of the Georgetown community participate in a weeklong virtual transcription event to commemorate Washington, DC’s Emancipation.…
May 8, 2020