Tag: University Enslavers

Narratives of Slavery at Jefferson University- Virginia

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The Narratives of Slavery project presents stories of the enslaved at Jefferson's University through three case studies of spaces where they lived and worked. PUBLISHER: Virginia University REQUIRES MEMBERSHIP: No CLICK ICON TO EXPLORE IN SPATIAL.IO  No LINK TO SOURCE: https://fieldmethods.iath.virginia.edu/16SpARH5610/node/554

SLAVERY AND THE MAKING OF THE UNIVERSITY UNC

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"Slavery and the Making of the University" introduces materials that recognize and document the contributions of slaves, college servants and free persons of color to this history with an obvious emphasis on the university's antebellum period. PUBLISHER: University of North Carolina REQUIRES MEMBERSHIP: No CLICK ICON TO EXPLORE IN SPATIAL.IO  No LINK TO SOURCE: https://exhibits.lib.unc.edu/exhibits/show/slavery

University of Cambridge Slavery Project

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History is inescapable in Cambridge. It is inconceivable that a British institution as old as our University would not have been touched by colonial practices of enslavement and enforced labour – whether benefiting from, helping to shape, or indeed challenging them. A society’s historical baggage and its modern-day challenges are inextricable. Understanding our past and [...]

University of Oxford Enslavement Project

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As part of its commitment to responding to the Black Lives Matter movement, and to engaging more fully with its own institutional history, since March 2020 Exeter College has been undertaking research to determine whether it may have profited from the proceeds of slave-ownership and coerced labour. The College has a role to play in [...]

Yale & Slavery Research

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To that end, Yale in 2020 launched the Yale and Slavery Research Project to study the institution’s historical involvement with slavery. The discoveries made by the project’s historians and scholars were made public and addressed by Yale throughout the research process. You will find on this website much of what the team learned. For those [...]

HARVARD & THE LEGACY OF SLAVERY

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On April 26, 2022, Harvard President Larry Bacow released the Report of the Committee on Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery, accepted the committee’s recommendations in full, and announced a historic commitment of $100 million to fund their implementation. PUBLISHER: Harvard University REQUIRES MEMBERSHIP: No CLICK ICON TO EXPLORE IN SPATIAL.IO  No LINK TO SOURCE: [...]