The Center for the Study of Slavery & Its Legacies: Launch Event Performance Featurette

On Sept. 19, Georgetown marked the official launch of a new interdisciplinary center that examines the history of slavery and its legacies at the university, in Washington, DC, and in Catholic communities in the U.S. through creative projects, public programs and research.
To inaugurate the Center for the Study of Slavery and Its Legacies, the university hosted a live musical performance that grapples with Georgetown’s own history with slavery and viscerally brings to life the stories of the children, women and men who were enslaved.
Associate Professor Carlos Simon performed “Requiem for the Enslaved,” a requiem he composed to honor the 272 individuals who were enslaved and sold by the Maryland Province of the Jesuits in 1838, the proceeds of which benefitted Georgetown. In 2022, the requiem was nominated for a Grammy.
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