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“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 Gordon-Reed, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Hemingses of Monticello and On...

"Insurance Policies on Slaves: New York Life’s Complicated Past" is from the December 18, 2016 United States section of The New York Times. It was written by Rachel L. Swarns and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"Georgetown University Plans Steps to Atone for Slave Past" is from the September 01, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Rachel L. Swarns and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"Trying to Separate Bill Cosby from Cliff Huxtable" is from the Arts section of The New York Times. It was written by Rachel L. Swarns and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"Intent on a Reckoning with Georgetown's Slavery-Stained Past" is from the July 10, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Rachel L. Swarns and narrated by Sam Scholl.

"Georgetown Confronts a Haunting Sale of Slaves" is from the April 16, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Rachel L. Swarns and narrated by Jenny Hoops.

"'I Have a Black Son in Baltimore': Anxious New Parents and an Era of Unease" is from the August 23, 2016, US section of The New York Times. It was written by Rachel L. Swarns and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"Unearthed Words from Obama's Father, Waiting to Be Read by His Son" is from the June 18, 2016 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Rachel L. Swarns and narrated by Paul Ryden.

"'A Million Questions' from Descendants of Slaves Sold to Aid Georgetown" is from the May 21, 2016 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Rachel L. Swarns and Sona Patel and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

A remarkable history of First Lady Michelle Obama’s mixed ancestry, American Tapestry by Rachel L. Swarns is nothing less than a breathtaking and expansive portrait of America itself. In this extraordinary feat of genealogical research—in the tradition of The Hemmingses of Monticello and...