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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Georgetown University to vote on reparations fee

    It was recently discovered that Georgetown University sold 272 slaves in 1838 to pay off debts.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Apr 9, 2019 • 1 min read

    It was recently discovered that Georgetown University sold 272 slaves in 1838 to pay off debts. Later this week, Georgetown University students will vote on whether to add a fee to tuition that would go toward paying reparations to descendants of those slaves sold to raise money for the university.

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    2 of 5
    Eric Swalwell joins the 2020 Democratic nominee pool
    1. 0:0018 Democrats are running for president now
    2. 8:45Georgetown University to vote on reparations feeYou’re reading this
    3. 14:31Former college counselor on the college admissions cheating scandal
    4. 28:52What you need to know about the feud between the Writers Guild of America and their agents
    5. 38:52Why Bigfoot is the myth we need right now
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