APM Reports documentary, 'Shackled Legacy: Universities and the Slave Trade.'
Frank Campbell was a teenager when he was sold to keep Georgetown University afloat. He was one of some 272 enslaved people sold by Jesuits in Maryland to plantations in Louisiana.
Courtesy of Ellender Memorial Library, Nicholls State University
APM Reports documentary, “Shackled Legacy: Universities and the Slave Trade.”
History shows slavery helped build many U.S. colleges and universities. Documentary produced by Stephen Smith and Kate Ellis.
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