GU272 Descendants (2021)
Louisiana: The State We're In
Details
Collection:LPB
Genre: Newsmagazine
Place Covered: Louisiana
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Date Issued: 2021-04-09
Duration: 00:05:32
Subjects: African Americans | Slaves
Contributors:
- St. Cyr, Kara Host
- Stewart, Joseph Interviewee
- Kesicki, Timothy Interviewee
Description
This segment from the April 9, 2021, episode of the series “Louisiana: The State We’re In” features Kara St. Cyr’s report on the Jesuits pledging $100 million to the descendants of the GU272, the enslaved people sold by the Jesuit priests at Georgetown University in 1838 to plantation owners in Louisiana. She interviews Joseph Stewart, a GU272 descendant and the president of the Descendants Truth & Reconciliation Foundation, and Father Timothy Kesicki, the president of the Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States.