272 Slaves Were Sold to Save Georgetown. What Does It Owe Their Descendants? - The New York Times
Rachel L. Swarns
The enslaved were grandmothers and grandfathers, carpenters and blacksmiths, pregnant women and anxious fathers, children and infants, who were fearful, bewildered and despairing as they saw their families and communities ripped apart by the sale of 1838.
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