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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 .
Credits: Rutgers University
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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New Rutgers historical markers will tell the dark side of university’s history
Updated Feb 23, 2021;
For more than half a century, Rutgers University students have unknowingly lived in a residence hall named after a man who owned slaves.
But soon, anyone who enters Hardenbergh Hall will be greeted by a historical marker explaining that Jacob Rusten Hardenbergh was more than just the university’s first president.
Rutgers announced its latest effort Tuesday to confront its ties to slavery and racial injustice: Four new historical markers that detail how the families of the university’s early benefactors made their fortunes through the slave economy.