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The 272: The Families Who Were Enslaved and Sold to Build the American Catholic Church by Rachel L. Swarns
6 reviews
sakuraanne's review
challenging
dark
informative
medium-paced
5.0
Excellent book that has a storytelling element, despite the lack of surviving personal records of the slaves. I will continue to inform myself with more on the topic, especially because I assume these stories are not exclusive to the Jesuit order.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Slavery, Physical abuse, and Emotional abuse
mondovertigo's review
dark
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Slavery, Grief, Racism, and Trafficking
Moderate: Violence, Murder, Colonisation, Death of parent, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, and Confinement
jmswartz1's review
challenging
emotional
informative
sad
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Physical abuse, Violence, Vomit, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Death, and Trafficking
waedawson's review
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
fast-paced
3.5
Interesting history on the Catholic Church and slavery. Parts of the story made me angry, but it was interesting and informative.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Slavery
courtofsmutandstuff's review
3.0
The book is meticulously well-researched, and has a very clear narrative thread throughout the arrival of the Jesuits until after the Civil War. However, I don't know (after the fact) if I necessarily needed to read this after hearing the initial reporting. The book is very well done, and really centers the enslaved people, as well as calling out the men in power, but I don't know if I needed the deep dive of this rather than the coverage of the initial reporting that was covered.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Slavery
fkshg8465's review
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
sad
medium-paced
4.0
I had no idea until this book that the original US Catholics were also slave owners. I always had associated slave owners with commercial land owners and farmers. This book held one surprise after another, the least of which was its association of the Jesuits and Georgetown University. I’m saddened, angered, and illuminated.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Slavery and Racism
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