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The 272: The Families Who Were Enslaved and Sold to Build the American Catholic Church Cover:Hardcover and Kevin CostnerAn urgent new chapter in the history of the Catholic Church and Americas reckoning with its founding narrative. 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