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Presidential Committee on Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery

Committee that reported on Harvard’s ties to slavery on 26 April 2022.

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  1. 2019 Larry Bacow founded Presidential Committee on Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery
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  1. Harvard and the Legacy of Slavery Initiative: An introduction from President Larry Bacow, Harvard University, Office of the President, 26 Apr 2022. Primary record
    It was in that spirit that I created the Committee on Harvard and the Legacy of Slavery
  2. 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
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