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Georgetown University to begin atoning for slave-selling history

Name: Georgetown University to begin atoning for slave-selling history
Uploaded: 2016-09-01T18:40:00-0400
Duration: 2 min 26 s
Description: Georgetown University was deep in debt in 1838 and it sold 272 slaves to stay open. The school announced Thursday how it will begin to attempt some measure of repayment. Errol Barnett reports.

Georgetown University was deep in debt in 1838 and it sold 272 slaves to stay open. The school announced Thursday how it will begin to attempt some measure of repayment. Errol Barnett reports.