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Isaac Hawkins Hall

A college paid its debts with people. It took until 2017 to change whose name is on the door.

Collection: Washington: More Stories · USA · Open in OpenStreetMap

Arched entrance of the old Mulledy building
Arched entrance of the old Mulledy building · Daderot, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

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How the story begins

The first name on the contract is Isaac Hawkins. He was about sixty-five, and he had probably spent most of his life on a Jesuit plantation in Maryland. He had at least five children and fifteen grandchildren. The contract, signed on June 19, 1838, sold him and two hundred and seventy-one others to two Louisiana planters for a hundred and fifteen thousand dollars. The seller was the Reverend Thomas Mulledy, a Jesuit who had run this college, which was deep in debt.

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Georgetown University main campus, Washington DC. See it from outside, and keep to campus paths and rules.

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