Skip to main content
close
Font size options
Increase or decrease the font size for this website by clicking on the 'A's.
Contrast options
Choose a color combination to give the most comfortable contrast.
Image for event: Finding Us

Registration now closed

Finding Us

Families Sold South by the Jesuits

2024-10-08 18:00:00 2024-10-08 20:00:00 America/Chicago Finding Us Discover a pivotal piece of history that spotlights the descendants of the GU272 while honoring those who lived it. Registration required. Donaldsonville - Meeting Room

Tuesday, October 08
6:00pm - 8:00pm

Add to Calendar 2024-10-08 18:00:00 2024-10-08 20:00:00 America/Chicago Finding Us Discover a pivotal piece of history that spotlights the descendants of the GU272 while honoring those who lived it. Registration required. Donaldsonville - Meeting Room

Donaldsonville

Meeting Room

Discover a pivotal piece of history that spotlights the descendants of the GU272 while honoring those who lived it. Registration required.

More than 186 years ago, hundreds of enslaved men, women, and children were sold in 1838 to sugar plantations in southern Louisiana by Maryland Jesuits for the financial benefit of Georgetown College (known today as Georgetown University) in Washington, D.C. The slaves sold by Georgetown came to be known as GU272, but current researchers have learned that the sale involved at least 314 people. These families faced incredible hardship, but most of them did not perish. They married and raised children. Today, more than 8,000 of their descendants have been located through genealogical research. The former Episcopal Church of Ascension in Donaldsonville is home to a permanent on-site exhibit, GU272 and Ascension Parish, telling this incredible story.

Join us for a screening of Finding Us, a documentary directed by Kathryn Carlson, that gives these descendants a new kind of voice in their quest to reunite their families. After the screening, Karran Royal, president of Descendants of Jesuit Enslavement, Historical & Genealogical Society, will share a presentation and lead a discussion on how these descendants are currently uncovering their ancestors’ struggle for freedom. 

Click the button to register, or call 225-473-8052.

AGE GROUP: | Adult (18+) |

EVENT TYPE: | History & Genealogy |

TAGS: | |

Donaldsonville

Phone: 225-473-8052

Hours

Today's hours

We're open 8:30AM to 5:30PM


About the Location

Our Donaldsonville location was built in 1980 under the direction of Earline Decoteau, Director. It is located in historic downtown Donaldsonville.

Upcoming events

Fri, Oct 11, 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Bookmobile / Pop-up Library

Fri, Oct 11, 2:00pm - 4:45pm
Gonzales

Sat, Oct 12, 10:00am - 11:00am
Dutchtown - Meeting Room AB

Sat, Oct 12, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Galvez - Meeting Room 2

Sat, Oct 12, 2:30pm - 4:30pm
Gonzales - Meeting Room 3

Tue, Oct 15, 9:30am - 10:30am
Bookmobile / Pop-up Library

Tue, Oct 15, 10:00am - 10:30am
Gonzales - Activity Room

Tue, Oct 15, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Bookmobile / Pop-up Library

Tue, Oct 15, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Donaldsonville - Meeting Room

Tue, Oct 15, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Dutchtown - Meeting Room AB

Wed, Oct 16, 10:00am - 10:30am
Donaldsonville - Meeting Room

Wed, Oct 16, 10:00am - 10:30am
Dutchtown - Activity Room

Wed, Oct 16, 10:00am - 10:30am
Galvez - Activity Room

Wed, Oct 16, 10:00am - 10:30am
Gonzales - Activity Room

Wed, Oct 16, 10:00am - 12:00pm
Virtual

Wed, Oct 16, 10:30am - 12:00pm
Study Commons

Wed, Oct 16, 11:00am - 11:30am
Dutchtown - Activity Room

Wed, Oct 16, 11:00am - 11:30am
Galvez - Activity Room

Wed, Oct 16, 11:00am - 11:30am
Gonzales - Activity Room

Wed, Oct 16, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Bookmobile / Pop-up Library

Wed, Oct 16, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Study Commons - Multipurpose Room

Thu, Oct 17, 10:00am - 10:30am
Dutchtown - Activity Room

Thu, Oct 17, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Bookmobile / Pop-up Library

Thu, Oct 17, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Galvez - Meeting Room 2

Thu, Oct 17, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Gonzales - Meeting Room 3

Thu, Oct 17, 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Dutchtown - Activity Room

Fri, Oct 18, 9:00am - 10:00am
Bookmobile / Pop-up Library

Fri, Oct 18, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Bookmobile / Pop-up Library

Sat, Oct 19, 9:00am - 3:30pm
Dutchtown - Meeting Room AB

Sat, Oct 19, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Galvez

Sat, Oct 19, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Gonzales - Meeting Room 3

Mon, Oct 21, 11:00am - 1:00pm
Dutchtown

Tue, Oct 22, 9:00am - 11:45am
Gonzales

Tue, Oct 22, 9:00am - 10:00am
Bookmobile / Pop-up Library

Tue, Oct 22, 10:00am - 10:30am
Gonzales - Activity Room

Tue, Oct 22, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Virtual

Tue, Oct 22, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Bookmobile / Pop-up Library

Tue, Oct 22, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Bookmobile / Pop-up Library

Tue, Oct 22, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Donaldsonville - Meeting Room

Tue, Oct 22, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Gonzales - Meeting Room 3,Meeting Room 1

Wed, Oct 23, 10:00am - 10:30am
Donaldsonville - Meeting Room

Wed, Oct 23, 10:00am - 10:30am
Dutchtown - Activity Room

Wed, Oct 23, 10:00am - 10:30am
Galvez - Activity Room

Wed, Oct 23, 10:00am - 10:30am
Gonzales - Activity Room

Wed, Oct 23, 11:00am - 11:30am
Dutchtown - Activity Room

Wed, Oct 23, 11:00am - 11:30am
Galvez - Activity Room

Wed, Oct 23, 11:00am - 11:30am
Gonzales - Activity Room

Wed, Oct 23, 11:00am - 1:00pm
Donaldsonville

Wed, Oct 23, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Bookmobile / Pop-up Library

Thu, Oct 24, 10:00am - 10:30am
Dutchtown - Activity Room

Thu, Oct 24, 11:00am - 1:00pm
Gonzales

Thu, Oct 24, 2:00pm - 4:45pm
Gonzales

Thu, Oct 24, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Bookmobile / Pop-up Library

Thu, Oct 24, 5:00pm - 8:00pm
Dutchtown

Fri, Oct 25, 11:00am - 1:00pm
Galvez

Fri, Oct 25, 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Bookmobile / Pop-up Library

Sat, Oct 26, 10:00am - 11:00am
Galvez - Meeting Room 2

Tue, Oct 29, 10:00am - 10:30am
Gonzales - Activity Room

Tue, Oct 29, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Donaldsonville - Meeting Room

Wed, Oct 30, 10:00am - 10:30am
Donaldsonville - Meeting Room

Wed, Oct 30, 10:00am - 10:30am
Dutchtown - Activity Room

Wed, Oct 30, 10:00am - 10:30am
Galvez - Activity Room

Wed, Oct 30, 10:00am - 10:30am
Gonzales - Activity Room

Wed, Oct 30, 11:00am - 11:30am
Dutchtown - Activity Room

Wed, Oct 30, 11:00am - 11:30am
Galvez - Activity Room

Wed, Oct 30, 11:00am - 11:30am
Gonzales - Activity Room

Thu, Oct 31, 10:00am - 10:30am
Dutchtown - Activity Room

Fri, Nov 01, All day
Donaldsonville

Fri, Nov 01, All day
Dutchtown

Fri, Nov 01, All day
Galvez

Fri, Nov 01, All day
Gonzales

Fri, Nov 01, All day
Study Commons

Sat, Nov 02, 10:00am - 12:00pm
Dutchtown - Meeting Room AB

Mon, Nov 04, 10:00am - 11:30am
Gonzales

Tue, Nov 05, 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Gonzales - Meeting Room 3

Wed, Nov 06, 10:00am - 11:30am
Gonzales

Wed, Nov 06, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Gonzales Branch Parking Lot

Thu, Nov 07, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Gonzales - Meeting Room 3

Sat, Nov 09, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Galvez - Meeting Room 2