Georgetown University Building Dedication Ceremony
Georgetown University held a ceremony to mark the renaming of two campus buildings: one for Isaac Hawkins, one of 272 enslaved persons sold… read more
Georgetown University held a ceremony to mark the renaming of two campus buildings: one for Isaac Hawkins, one of 272 enslaved persons sold in 1838 by the Maryland Province of Jesuits to pay off debts; the other for Anne Marie Becraft, a free woman of color who, in 1820 at the age of 15, established a school for Catholic black girls in Georgetown. close
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