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9-18-16

Congratulations Georgetown. Now It’s Time to Own Up to the Racist History of the Catholic Church.

by Shannen Dee Williams

The Catholic Church was the largest corporate slaveholder in the Americas. But this history is barely acknowledged.

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Congratulations Georgetown. Now It’s Time to Own Up to the Racist History of the Catholic Church.

by Shannen Dee Williams