Rutgers has placed historical markers acknowledging the relationship between its existence and enslaved labor around several campuses, standing tall outside of Frelinghuysen Hall and Hardenbergh Hall on the College Avenue campus, the Livingston Student Center and the Wood Lawn Mansion on Douglass campuses since 2021.
By DORY DEVLIN
February 23, 2021 at 7:21 PM
Hardenbergh Hall, built in 1956 and named for Jacob Rusten Hardenbergh, the founder of Queen’s College, later renamed Rutgers College, who was appointed its first president.
Hardenbergh Hall, built in 1956 and named for Jacob Rusten Hardenbergh, the founder of Queen’s .
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February 23, 2021 at 7:21 PM
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ - Rutgers University is taking steps to acknowledge its connection to slavery and racial injustice with the creation of four additional historical markers that tell the story of its early benefactors whose families made their fortunes through the slave economy.
Two of the four markers have a direct link to 18th-century Somerville.
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Visitors to the Rutgers New Brunswick campus this spring will find historical markers at four new locations informing them about prominent university figures who made their fortunes through the slave economy.
The measure, announced Tuesday, is part of a larger effort by the university at a time when higher education institutions across the nation are trying to reckon with their role in America s legacy of slavery and racial injustice.
“These markers are an invitation for us to talk about the complicated legacies of namesakes and the complicated ways in which blood money from slavery is woven into old institutions like Rutgers,” Rutgers President Jonathan Holloway said at the board of governors meeting Tuesday.