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Harvard’s report on slavery and the president’s response, 2022

On 26 April 2022 Harvard’s committee reported; President Bacow accepted its recommendations, wrote of moral responsibility, and made no apology; the Corporation authorized $100 million.

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  1. 26 Apr 2022 Harvard’s report on slavery and the president’s response, 2022
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  1. Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery: Report of the Presidential Committee on Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery, Harvard University, Apr 2022. Primary record
    Harvard presidents and other leaders, as well as its faculty and staff, enslaved more than 70 individuals, some of whom labored on campus
    These individuals include Titus, Venus, Juba, and Bilhah, whose service in bondage to Presidents Wadsworth and Holyoke and their families supported their leadership of the University
  2. Harvard and the Legacy of Slavery Initiative: An introduction from President Larry Bacow, Harvard University, Office of the President, 26 Apr 2022. Primary record
    Harvard benefited from and in some ways perpetuated practices that were profoundly immoral
    the Corporation has authorized a commitment of $100 million for implementation. Some of these funds will be available for current use, while the balance will be held in an endowment
    Harvard’s history includes extensive entanglements with slavery
  3. Harvard University leaders and staff enslaved more than 70 people, researchers report, The Washington Post, via Anchorage Daily News, 26 Apr 2022. Scholarship & press
    Bacow’s statement stopped short of an apology on behalf of Harvard
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