My ancestors were owned by Georgetown University, I soon graduate from there: COLUMN

, I always knew that I descended from enslaved people. But I began to imagine the horrific lives they must have been forced to live and the impact their enslavement had on their descendants for generations to come.

I graduated high school from Ursuline Academy of New Orleans, both the oldest continuously-operating school for girls and the oldest Catholic school in the United States. For four years I studied the "history" of the Catholic church and knew about the role the Catholic church played in conquering the Americas and the treatment of indigenous people.

I often wonder if the story had never published if my family and others would ever know our true history in the United States.Even though the way my family found out this history was not ideal, we are still extremely grateful to have the information. Many African American families in this country will never be able to trace their history back this far, thus never truly knowing where their story began in the country we call home.

And when Georgetown University announced that they would be offering preferential admittance status, otherwise known as “legacy status,” to the descendants of the 272 enslaved people they owned and sold, I wasn’t immediately sure what that would mean for me. Melisande Short-Colomb, a sophomore and descendant of the 272 slaves sold at Georgetown University speaks at a town hall debate in support of the reparations referendum in Washington, April 3, 2019.

We examined every tombstone, row after row, hoping to find one particular priest out of the bunch. After 10 minutes of searching and what felt like a dozen mosquito bites later, I was feeling hopeless.I ran over, and to my surprise, we did in fact find the priest we were looking for. The tombstone before us read Rev. Thomas F. Mulledy, the priest who helped orchestrate the sale of my ancestors and others to Maringouin.

The university also renamed a building on campus, once named after a school president who oversaw the 1838 sale, to instead honor Isaac Hawkins, who was one of the 272 enslaved and whose name appeared at the head of the bill of sale.

Congratulations and knowing your family will be proud of you as we are! Don’t live in the past enjoy your future!

good for you. please pass the desire for a college education to future generations.

Bring the darkness to light.

So will you be charged the $27 fee for reparations or will it be like retroactive pay? Just curious and did you decide to attend Georgetown because your ancestors were once owned by the university

You're welcome for ending slavery not just in white countries, but forcing the rest of the world to (reluctantly) end it too. Feel free to thank your local European Christian.

This is veeeeeery interesting!!!

Congratulations!

Success is the ultimate form of revenge

No one should laugh at someone bring a slave . You people are ignorant. Glad Georgetown doing something

kudos

I got it the first 13 times you tweeted it. Enough of the white guilt . I just watched all MLB Team players wearing the number 42. The US has come a long way in 60 years. We’re not perfect, but still the best Country in the world. That’s why all immigrants want to come here.

Mine were Vikings. Sue me.

Thank you, you and your people are so amazing. Thank you for telling your story.

Congratulations❤️ I continue to hope we find peace and love and reject hate.

Who cares

So do you think they owe you anything?

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