The Sale
Episode #295
2024-12-06 05:00:28
In 1791, three men filed lawsuits in the General Court of Maryland. They were all suing the same person: the Jesuit priest who enslaved them.
Rachel Swarns’ book is The 272: The Families Who Were Enslaved and Sold to Build the American Catholic Church. William Thomas’ book is A Question of Freedom: The Families Who Challenged Slavery from the Nation’s Founding to the Civil War.
Episode transcript will be posted here as soon as it is available.