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Ivy League Slave Legacy: The case for Reparations

Craig Steven Wilder, Ebony & Ivy
Craig Steven Wilder, Ebony & Ivy

American colleges and universities, especially Ivy-League schools have a unique and sustained relationship to slavery. Harvard, Yale and Princeton have produced extensive self-studies showing how these schools benefited through the profits from the slave trade and the presence of enslaved African Americans who performed various duties on the campus. Below, please see detailed discussions of the legacy of slavery on these campuses and the case for Reparations.

The Ivy League’s Reckoning With Slavery Is Long Overdue – Mother Jones

Harvard https://legacyofslavery.harvard.edu/

Yale https://yaleandslavery.yale.edu/

Princeton https://slavery.princeton.edu/about/overview

Columbia https://columbiaandslavery.columbia.edu/

Brown https://slaveryandjustice.brown.edu/

Dartmouth https://www.library.dartmouth.edu/slavery-project

Pennsylvania http://pennandslaveryproject.org/

#Slavery #IvyLeagueSchools #Reparations

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