Following years of debate and protests, American and British universities begin to acknowledge their participation in slavery. Here is how
The university removed a historic bell over fears it came from a slave plantation after it announced a two-year investigation into its own links with the Atlantic slave trade.
“A more detailed investigation is underway into the bell’s provenance as part of a wider project researching the college’s historical links to the slave trade.” Georgetown University acknowledged that it sold 272 men, women and children owned by Jesuit priests in Louisiana to pay off the institution’s debt.
The university administration also decided to rename two campus buildings that honoured former university presidents involved in the sales. Academics say that the word is derived from the Latin term ‘magister’, which addresses scholars or teachers, but critics argue that it is a connotation for slavery. Last year, Princeton announced that it would name two campus spaces in honour of enslaved people who lived or worked on its campus following research into its historical connections with slavery.
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