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Rather than Johns Hopkins University's previous assertion that its founder “held enslaved people,” the Baltimore school's website now says “new research has uncovered census records that indicate enslaved people were among the individuals living and laboring in Johns Hopkins’ home in 1840 and 1850, with the latter document denoting Johns Hopkins as the slaveholder.” ....
Rather than Johns Hopkins University's previous assertion that its founder “held enslaved people,” the Baltimore school's website now says “new research has uncovered census records that indicate enslaved people were among the individuals living and laboring in Johns Hopkins’ home in 1840 and 1850, with the latter document denoting Johns Hopkins as the slaveholder.” ....
A year after revelations that the founder of Johns Hopkins University had enslaved people in his Baltimore household, scholars will take part in a conference exploring questions around slavery, its impact on universities and the challenges of unearthing that history. ....
One day last winter, officials at Baltimore’s most prestigious research university made the kind of announcement that can cause even a powerful worldwide institution to reassess its long-standing self-image. A team of researchers at Johns Hopkins University, the officials said at a news conference, had determined its founder, merchant and philanthropist Johns Hopkins, owned enslaved people. It . ....