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Georgetown: Georgetown Slavery Archive 272 Slaves Were Sold to Save Georgetown

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New York Times article by Rachel Swarns on the search for descendants of the people sold by Georgetown President Thomas Mulledy in 1838. This article highlights Maxine Crump, a great-great-grandaughter of Cornelius Hawkins.

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