Here's the backstory for those with an interest
In 1838 there were 272 enslaved men, women and children who were sold by the JESUIT owners of Georgetown University to Louisiana Plantation Owners. That is what this order of Jesuit Priests wants so much to atone for make up for apologize for repay for.
A New Orleans bank (later affiliated with JP Morgan) USED THESE PEOPLE AS COLLATERAL!
Imagine that? Of course slaves were considered to be CHATTEL
CHATTEL
A movable article of personal property
Any article of tangible property other than land, buildings and other things annexed to land
A slave
