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Podcast | December 6, 2024
Criminal Podcast, Episode 295: The Sale
In 1791, three men filed lawsuits in the General Court of Maryland. They were all suing the same person: the Jesuit priest who enslaved them. Listen to the Podcast Here
Podcast | July 16, 2024
The Jesuits sold 272 people into slavery. How can the church make amends with their descendants?
America Magazine – This week on “Jesuitical,” Zac and Ashley are joined by journalist Rachel Swarns to discuss her latest book, The 272: The Families Who Were Enslaved and Sold to Build the American Catholic Church. Rachel shares her wisdom about this important issue for U.S. Catholics and her experience as a Black Catholic, opening up a wide-ranging conversation about the work being done to repair such a grave injustice and promote racial justice in the church.
Podcast | March 10, 2024
NYU professor, students expose the legacy of lynchings in the North
More than 4,000 Black people were murdered in brutal lynchings in the United States. Much of the stories told about these killings have centered around mob violence in the South. Now, a new project led by Professor Rachel Swarns of New York University is challenging that narrative, reminding people that this violence happened everywhere — even in New York.
Podcast | July 26, 2023
Exploring the Untold Stories of Families Enslaved in Louisiana
WWNO New Orleans Public Radio – This Saturday, the East Baton Rouge Parish Library will hold a day-long symposium examining the efforts of genealogists to uncover the untold stories of families enslaved in Louisiana. Much of the symposium will be based on research by Rachel Swarns…
Podcast | June 13, 2023
The Catholic Church profited from slavery — ‘The 272’ explains how
NPR Fresh Air – For more than a century, the Catholic Church financed its expansion and its institutions with profits made from the purchase and sale of people they enslaved. This chapter of Church history has only recently come to the attention of the public.