In this episode, GU History professor Adam Rothman talks with us about his work studying and teaching about the history of slavery at Georgetown and draws on his teaching and research expertise on the history of the United States from the Revolution to the Civil War andthe history of slavery and abolition in the Atlantic world. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in Atlantic history, 19th century U.S history, and the history of slavery. Adam was the principal curator of the Georgetown Slavery Archive — a repository of materials relating to the Maryland Jesuits, Georgetown University, and slavery. In his comments, Rothman also shares why it’s important for faculty and students to know and grapple with the history of their own institutions.
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Resources
- Rothman, Adam & Elsa Barraza Mendoza (Eds.) 2021. Facing Georgetown's History: A Reader on Slavery, Memory, and Reconciliation. Georgetown University Press.
- GU272 Memory Project
- Curran, R. E. (1993). The bicentennial history of Georgetown University. Amazon. Retrieved November 19, 2021, from https://www.amazon.com/Bicentennial-History-Georgetown-University-1789-1889/dp/0878404856.
- QUALLEN: On Georgetown’s Slaveholding History. The Hoya Newspaper. May 16, 2018.
- 272 Slaves Were Sold to Save Georgetown. What Does It Owe Their Descendants? (Published 2016)
- Episode 766: Georgetown, Louisiana, Part One : Planet Money
- Episode 767: Georgetown, Louisiana, Part Two : Planet Money
- Booth Family Center for Special Collections
- Archives of the Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus
- Georgian Slavery Archive
- The Georgetown Memory Project
- Thinking About Archives Graduate Course
- Artwork by Joy Kang, GU SFS '24
