Slavery, Memory, and Reconciliation: Library Resources

Georgetown University Libraries have played a central role in the Slavery, Memory, and Reconciliation Initiative (SMR Initiative). At its inception, University leaders called upon the Library to improve access to essential resources that established the role of Georgetown in slavery, to develop its collections to support the study of slavery more broadly, and to promote the use of these resources in the classroom and among researchers from the Georgetown community, including GU272 descendants. 

 

This site brings together the resources and programming created using Library resources in the process of implementing the SMR Initiative and the work of faculty, students, and GU272 descendants. Their research significantly influences the Library's work and expands upon the resources available to the Georgetown community. These pages also include two pages that establish the scope of the initiative and its ongoing evolution.