The Jesuits were among the largest enslavers in places such as the island of Martinique and Maryland in colonial America. Several Jesuit communities used enslaved labor for their missions and trafficked enslaved Africans and African Americans to support their institutions, such as Georgetown College (now Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.).
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