Confronting Their Links To Slavery Colleges Wrestle With How To Atone For Past Sins
Colleges and universities across the U.S. have been taking a hard look at their ties to slavery.
This isn’t an entirely new phenomenon. Back in 2006, Brown University published a report showing that the university – from its construction to its endowment – participated in and benefited from the slave trade and slavery.
And since then, several other colleges and universities have disclosed their ties to the use of slave labor.
For instance, Johns Hopkins University – whose namesake and founder has historically been portrayed as an abolitionist – reported in December 2020 that its founder actually employed four enslaved individuals in his Baltimore household.
At the University of Mississippi, a slavery research group has found that at least 11 enslaved people labored on the campus.
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