Johns Hopkins owned slaves: Records shatter belief university founder was staunch abolitionist
Updated Dec 10, 2020;
Posted Dec 10, 2020
A couple throw a frisbee for a dog on the campus of The Johns Hopkins University on March 28, 2020 in Baltimore, Maryland.Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images/TNS
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By Jonathan M. Pitts, The Baltimore Sun (TNS)
BALTIMORE The narrative has stood as an unquestioned landmark of Baltimore history for at least nine decades: Johns Hopkins, the businessman who founded the university and hospital that bear his name, was more than just a big-time philanthropist. He was an abolitionist, a civic leader who actively opposed slavery and racism in all its forms.
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