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The first settlers created Harvard University in 1636, while slaves also started to be common during that century. That are over 200 years of slavery until 1865
by sharpshadow 1y ago
The first settlers created Harvard University in 1636, while slaves also started to be common during that century. That are over 200 years of slavery until 1865.
Havard benefited for more than half its existence from slaves.
- corimaith 1y agoEvery culture that exists today over the bones of vanquished peoples long lost to history.
- sharpshadow 1y agoThe point here is that it’s not vanquished but in the archives. Havard as one of the oldest institutions started with the first settlers, probably, very likely, has one of the most extensive histories of slave ownership.