# The 272

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- Book: [The 272](https://www.bookquiver.com/rachel-l-swarns/the-272) ([The 272.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/rachel-l-swarns/the-272.md))
- Authors: [Rachel L. Swarns](https://www.bookquiver.com/rachel-l-swarns)
- Publisher: random_house_trade_paperbacks
- ISBN: 978-03-9959-087-0
- Pages: 368
- Published: 2024-07-09
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

“An absolutely essential addition to the history of the Catholic Church, whose involvement in New World slavery sustained the Church and, thereby, helped to entrench enslavement in American society.”—Annette...