Universities & slavery

• Many of MIT’s peer institutions have launched formal studies of their relationship to slavery. Below is a list of their work and progress.
  

  University projects

  Brown University

  • Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice

  Columbia University

  • Columbia University and Slavery 

  Georgetown University

  • Georgetown Slavery Archive
  • Georgetown University: Slavery, Memory, and Reconciliation

  Harvard University

  • Harvard and Slavery: Seeking a Forgotten History

  Princeton University

  • The Princeton & Slavery Project: An exploration of Princeton University’s historical ties to the institution of slavery

  Rutgers University

  • Scarlet and Black Project: An Exploration of the African-American and Native American Experience at Rutgers

  University of Cincinnati

  • Charles McMicken’s (UC’s primary benefactor) Legacy

  University of Mississippi

  • University of Mississippi Slavery Research Group
  • University of Mississippi courses

  University of Pennsylvania

  • Penn & Slavery Project 

  University of South Carolina

  • Slavery at South Carolina College, 1801-1865: The Foundations of the University of South Carolina

  University of Virginia

  • UVA President’s commission on slavery

  Washington and Lee

  • African Americans at Washington and Lee

  William and Mary

  • William and Mary Lemon Project

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  Statements & News

  Colby College

  • President’s House named for the family of “Janitor Sam” Osborne

  Emory University

  • Emory statement of regret & related history

  The University of Texas at Austin

  • Missing a chance to address the role of racism in UT’s history 

  Virginia Theological Seminary

  • VTS to Designate $1.7 Million as a Fund to Make Reparations

  Yale University

  • Yale removing carving of gun pointed at Native American

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  Multi-institutional Collaboration

  • Universities Studying Slavery