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Washington University students and faculty have lifted the veil from its co-founder William Greenleaf Eliot, who for years was known as an abolitionist. Although he held anti-slavery views, he vehemently opposed abolitionism and did not see a future for freed Black people in America.
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Washington University is the latest school to explore how its institution played a role in slavery and its lasting legacy.
Washington University’s most known connection to slavery revolved around a staunch abolitionist its
Now university scholars and students are diving head first into an effort to uncover more of its history and the role it may have played in the institution of slavery.
Geoff Ward, Wash U professor of African and African American studies, is leading the effort based out of the university’s Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Equity. He said this initiative is an opportunity to face complex institutional history and counter what he calls “motivated ignorance” of structural racism that’s cemented itself in all parts of society.
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Originally published on May 7, 2021 2:10 pm
Washington University’s most known connection to slavery revolved around a staunch abolitionist its
Now university scholars and students are diving head first into an effort to uncover more of its history, and the role it may have played in the institution of slavery.
Wash U professor of African and African American studies Geoff Ward is leading the effort based out of the university’s Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Equity. He said this initiative is an opportunity to face complex institutional history and counter what he calls “motivated ignorance” of structural racism that’s cemented itself in all parts of society.
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