Name: The Catholic Church & Slavery @PBSTotheContrary
Uploaded: 2023-06-16T01:29:31-0400
Duration: 8 min 17 s
Description: Journalist, author, and professor Rachel L. Swarns discusses her new book “The 272: The Families Who Were Enslaved and Sold to Build the American Catholic Church.” Swarns exposes the Catholic Churchs reliance on slave labor and sales, as she follows the Mahoney familys two-century journey of indentured servitude and enslavement, revealing the harrowing origin story of the Church in America.

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