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