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Washington, D.C., Feb. 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) WASHINGTON – Inspiration and idealism joined forces on Wednesday, February 1, when Howard University. ....
On April 8, 1873, black residents in Baltimore gathered to pay homage to Johns Hopkins, a man with just months of life remaining who planned to create an orphanage for black children and a hospital open to whites and blacks alike. One speaker at the rally praised the businessman for distributing his fortune “for the relief of the colored man.” Another said Hopkins was guided by “the highest expression of the spirit of the age.” A third added, “Wherever the colored man may be, there will his name be known.” A Johns Hopkins University investigation that labeled its own founder a slave owner has come under criticism. ....
Upstate’s forgotten abolitionists: Myrtilla Miner bravely taught Washington D.C.’s Black daughters Updated Feb 23, 2021; Facebook Share Upstate New York was a hotbed in the 19th century for the abolitionist movement and the Underground Railroad. Names like Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass and Gerrit Smith are familiar. But there were also valiant figures from the region, white and Black, who fought for the end of slavery whose names have faded into history. During this Black History Month, after searching through old newspapers and websites, we take a look back at some of Upstate New York’s forgotten abolitionists.
The story of abolitionist Myrtilla Miner, born in 1815 near the town of Brookfield in Madison County, is an incredible American tale. ....
The Johns Hopkins slavery “scandal” Historical census records show that Johns Hopkins founder of his namesake university in Baltimore, Maryland was a slave-owner, university officials announced on December 9, in an open letter. The revelation has been seized on to generate a racialist campaign at Johns Hopkins University, site of the nation’s leading medical college. The open letter, entitled “Reexamining the history of our founder,” states that university officials received a tip from a Maryland state archivist about the existence of the census records in the spring. A team of university historians followed up on the tip and found “government census records that state Mr. Hopkins was the owner of one enslaved person listed in his household in 1840 and four enslaved people listed in 1850. By the 1860 census, there are no enslaved persons listed in the household.” Additional documents from the 1830s showed that Hopkins sometimes purchased slaves to settle ....