{"product_id":"facing-georgetowns-history-a-reader-on-slavery-memory-and-reconciliation-hardcover","title":"Facing Georgetown's History: A Reader on Slavery, Memory, and Reconciliation - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAdam Rothman\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eElsa Barraza Mendoza\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eLauret Savoy\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA microcosm of the history of American slavery in a collection of the most important primary and secondary readings on slavery at Georgetown University and among the Maryland Jesuits\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e[LEFT]\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeorgetown University's relationship with slavery and its reverberations through history is a microcosm of the American story--the contradictions of liberty and enslavement at the country's founding, the rise of the domestic slave trade to the Deep South, and the political conflict over slavery and its overthrow amid civil war. Georgetown's past is also emblematic of the complex entanglement of higher education and religious institutions with slavery, just as the university's initiative to face this past is part of a growing effort by these same institutions to confront systemic racism today. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFacing Georgetown's History\u003c\/i\u003e includes crucial primary sources, drawn from the university's and Maryland Jesuits' archives, that document this tangled history. These records are accompanied by recent scholarship and journalism, including work by Craig Steven Wilder, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Alondra Nelson, and Rachel L. Swarns, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e journalist who reported on the Jesuits' sale of 272 enslaved individuals and its implications for Georgetown.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book outlines the university's recent mission to confront its troubling past through its Slavery, Memory, and Reconciliation initiative, showing that recovery, repair, and reconciliation are part of a broader contemporary moment of reckoning with slavery and its legacies. Georgetown's path suggests the pivotal role of universities in modeling thoughtful and informed discussion about the histories of slavery and racism in America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e[RIGHT]\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdam Rothman \u003c\/b\u003eis a professor in Georgetown University's Department of History. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eBeyond Freedom's Reach: A Kidnapping in the Twilight of Slavery\u003c\/i\u003e and the principal cura-tor of the Georgetown Slavery Archive. He served on Georgetown's Working Group on Slavery, Memory, and Reconciliation from 2015-16. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eElsa Barraza Mendoza \u003c\/b\u003eis a PhD candidate in history at Georgetown University and the assistant curator of the Georgetown Slavery Archive. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLauret Savoy \u003c\/b\u003eis the David B. Truman Professor of environmental studies at Mount Holyoke College, where she explores the marks of history on the land. The author of \u003ci\u003eTrace: Memory, History, Race, and the American Landscape\u003c\/i\u003e, she also descends from people enslaved by Jesuits.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e[BACK]\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In recent years many institutions of higher learning have tried to confront their historical relationship with slavery, but few have done so with Georgetown's depth of research, and its awareness of how the past lives on in the present. This book is both an eye-opening account of how deeply slavery is embedded in American history, and a model for those who continue to explore this chapter of our past.\"--\u003cb\u003eEric Foner, \u003c\/b\u003e professor of history, Columbia University \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Combining primary documents and essays by historians, journalists, and descendants of the 272 enslaved men, women, and children sold by Georgetown University in 1838, this edited collection provides a rich snapshot of the history and lega-cies of slave ownership by the Society of Jesus in the United States.\"--\u003cb\u003eAna Lucia Araujo, \u003c\/b\u003e author of \u003ci\u003eSlavery in the Age of Memory: Engaging the Past\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The legacy of slavery links the past with the present at Georgetown University. \u003ci\u003eFacing Georgetown's History\u003c\/i\u003e asks us to consider the meaning of reconciliation and reparation after centuries of racism and white supremacy. This is mandatory reading for those who are serious about facing the sins of a university, a church, and a nation.\"--\u003cb\u003eMichael Pasquier, \u003c\/b\u003eassociate professor of religious studies and history, Louisiana State University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdam Rothman\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor in Georgetown University's Department of History. He is the author of\u003ci\u003e Beyond Freedom's Reach: A Kidnapping in the Twilight of Slavery, \u003c\/i\u003e which was named the Humanities Book of the Year by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities and received the American Civil War Museum's book award. He is also the author of \u003ci\u003eSlave Country: American Expansion and the Origins of the Deep South \u003c\/i\u003eand the coauthor of \u003ci\u003eMajor Problems in Atlantic History\u003c\/i\u003e. He served on Georgetown's Working Group on Slavery, Memory, and Reconciliation from 2015-16, and is currently the principal curator of the Georgetown Slavery Archive. He was a Distinguished Visiting Scholar at the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress in 2018, where he created the podcast \"African-American Passages: Black Lives in the 19th Century\".\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eElsa Barraza Mendoza\u003c\/b\u003e is a PhD candidate in history at Georgetown University and the assistant curator of the Georgetown Slavery Archive. She is a former Fulbright-Garcia Robles fellow. Her research has been supported by the Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism and the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture. She is currently writing her dissertation on the history of slavery on Georgetown's campus.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLauret Savoy\u003c\/b\u003e is the David B. Truman Professor of environmental studies at Mount Holyoke College, where she explores the marks of history on the land. The author of \u003ci\u003eTrace: Memory, History, Race, and the American Landscape\u003c\/i\u003e, she also descends from people enslaved by Jesuits. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 9.1 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 16, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42728716042303,"sku":"9781647120962","price":32.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/f188908cd1a02cec3b2e8f2b075e89f9.webp?v=1765119535","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/facing-georgetowns-history-a-reader-on-slavery-memory-and-reconciliation-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}