Tiya Miles is the Michael Garvey Professor of History at Harvard and the author of All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley’s Sack, a Black Family Keepsake, which won the National Book Award. Her new book, Night Flyer: Harriet Tubman and the Faith Dreams of a Free People, will be published in June. (May 2024)
The 272: The Families Who Were Enslaved and Sold to Build the American Catholic Church
by Rachel L. Swarns
May 23, 2024 issue
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