Above, Carolyn Smith, a descendant of the enslaved people sold by Georgetown University, shows gravesites of descendants who wound up in Houma, La. Behind her are the sugar mill and plantations where many of her ancestors worked. At left, Frank Campbell is shown in the only known photo of one of the people enslaved and sold by Georgetown’s Jesuit priests.
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History of enslaved sold for Georgetown University detailed in new genealogical website
A genealogical association has launched a new website detailing the family histories of enslaved people who were sold to keep Catholic-run Georgetown University from going bankrupt in the 1800s.
