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The 272: The Families Who Were Enslaved and Sold to Build the American Catholic Church

by Rachel L. Swarns

“An absolutely essential addition to the history of the Catholic Church, whose involvement in New World slavery sustained the Church and, thereby, helped to entrench enslavement in American society.”—Annette Gordon-Reed, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Hemingses of Monticello and On Juneteenth

Publisher

Random House

Publication date

2023

Format

Print edition

Pages

339

ISBN

9780399590863