Healy family
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For the family name, see Healy (surname).
The Healy family was an Irish-American and African-American family notable for the high achievements of its first generation of children, who were born into slavery in Georgia in the second half of the nineteenth century.
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Healys of Georgia | |
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Current region | America |
Place of origin | Ireland Africa |
Founded | 1829 |
Founder | Michael Morris Healy |
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Among them were James, America's first known Black Catholic priest (and bishop); Patrick, the first Black Jesuit, PhD, and university president (he was the 29th president of Georgetown); Michael, the first African American to command a federal ship; and Eliza, one of the first Black Catholic Mother Superiors.