An elite school thought its founding nuns taught slaves to read. Instead, they sold them

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The Notre Dame archives also chronicle some of the Ursaline sisters slaveholding practices. and other situations where the Church held slaves.
 
People in the church have committed sins. No denying it.

I have committed sins.

The important thing is to repent, amend our lives and move ahead.
 
There were also priests in remote parts of Maryland in those days surviving off the labor of slaves. The priests couldn’t have done the agricultural work needed for survival themselves; many of them were from England and had received a classical education, they didn’t know anything about sowing crops or building necessary buildings. Because of the slaves, they were able to survive and establish parishes that are still active today.
 
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