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Brown University

Private university in Providence, Rhode Island, chartered in 1764 as the College of Rhode Island.

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John Brown (Providence merchant) treasurer and a chief benefactor Primary record 1

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Slavery and Justice: Report of the Brown University Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice, Brown University, 2006. Primary record
In 2003, Brown University President Ruth J. Simmons appointed a Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice to investigate and issue a public report on the University’s historical relationship to slavery and the transatlantic slave trade.
the College of Rhode Island’s treasurer and one of its chief benefactors
The Brown University Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice represents one institution’s confrontation with these questions.
While members of the steering committee have different opinions about the propriety and value of an institutional apology
the committee would not determine whether or how Brown might pay monetary reparations
Brown’s Response, Brown University, 2007. Primary record
The University committed to help meet the needs of students in the Providence Public School District by establishing a $10 million endowment fund, offering free tuition to master’s students in teaching who pledged to serve in Providence schools for three years after graduation
Brown pledged to establish a major research and teaching initiative on slavery and justice

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