SMR: Narratives and Advocacy

This bibliography presents selected works that explore the legacy of Jesuit enslavement and advocate for reconciliation. Several of these works explore slavery at institutions founded by the Jesuits of Georgetown or others that benefited financially from the 1838 sale.

 

Consult the Georgetown Slavery Archive – Further Reading page for resources that impart an understanding of slavery in the United States, particularly in Maryland and Louisiana; the public memory of slavery; and the role of the Catholic Church in establishing and maintaining slavery.

 

Works below written by Georgetown faculty, students, and alumni are denoted with **.  Note that resources created by students, descendants, and Georgetown administrators are listed on separate pages. GU NetID required to access database subscriptions.

 

Websites

 

The  institutional and local history presented on each of these sites addresses questions raised by Georgetown’s Slavery, Memory, and Reconciliation Initiative. 

 

 

Books

 

Dissertations

 

Scholarly Articles

 

Newspaper and Magazine Articles