Slavery Abolition

Harvard University on Tuesday announced a massive study of slavery and how the Ivy League university profited from it, and the university paired that announcement with a promise of a $100 million fund to address the effects of the university’s past. Unlike with other contrite statements made regarding slavery, Harvard…

On Tuesday, Harvard University released findings from its yearslong investigation into its legacy of slavery. “Over nearly 150 years, from the university’s founding in 1636 until the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court found slavery unlawful in 1783, Harvard presidents and other leaders, as well as its faculty and staff, enslaved more…

BOSTON (AP) — Harvard University is vowing to spend $100 million to study and atone for its extensive ties with slavery, the school’s president announced Tuesday, with plans to identify and support the descendants of enslaved people who labored at the Ivy League campus. President Lawrence Bacow announced the funding…

Harvard University will commit $100 million to redress its role in slavery after a wide-ranging internal review of the university's role in slavery.The report found that Harvard staff enslaved more than 70 individuals until slavery was outlawed in the state in 1783.Harvard's announcement comes as US institutions grapple with how to…

Harvard University plans to shell out a whopping $100 million to study and address its history with slavery, according to a Tuesday announcement from its president.  The Committee on Harvard and the Legacy of Slavery released a report and announced a $100 million fund to implement the report’s recommendations, President…

Harvard University published a report detailing the university's connections to slavery in the 17th and 18th centuries, promising to rectify its "extensive entanglements" to the slave trade. The prestigious school, an alma mater for many celebrities and famous academics, published the report titled "Harvard and the Legacy of Slavery." It…

/ Americas Issued on: 26/04/2022 - 18:07 Harvard University's campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. © Maddie Meyer, AFP According to an email sent by Harvard University's president to all students, faculty and staff on Tuesday, the Ivy-league university is establishing a $100 million endowment fund and other measures in an effort…

Harvard University faculty, staff and leaders enslaved more than 70 individuals during the 17th and 18th centuries, according to a long-awaited report out Tuesday that details the university's ties to slavery. Driving the news: "Harvard benefited from and in some ways perpetuated practices that were profoundly immoral,” Harvard president Lawrence…

Antigua and Barbuda’s Prime Minister Gaston Browne asked Prince Edward and Sophie to use their “diplomatic influence” to achieve “reparatory justice” for his island nation from Britain. His remarks came during a meeting between the royal couple and Mr Browne and his Cabinet in Antigua on the latest leg of…

Construction contractors are among those who must improve their approach to tackling modern slavery, to safeguard their investor portfolio and improve their conduct. Firms across all sectors still provide “limited and often superficial commentary” on the risk of modern slavery within their supply chain, according to a report by the…