/tags/universities-studying-slavery Universities Studying Slavery en-US Copyright © 2024 ÍâÍøÌìÌà Mon, 06 Nov 2023 23:12:29 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2023-11-06/descendants-of-people-enslaved-by-slus-jesuits-want-their-ancestors-honored Descendants of people enslaved by St. Louis University Jesuits call on the university to erect a monument to commemorate their ancestors. Mon, 06 Nov 2023 23:12:29 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2023-11-06/descendants-of-people-enslaved-by-slus-jesuits-want-their-ancestors-honored Ulaa Kuziez /culture-history/2021-12-22/washington-university-has-portrayed-its-co-founder-as-an-abolitionist-he-wasnt Washington University students and faculty have lifted the veil from its co-founder William Greenleaf Eliot, who for years was known as an abolitionist. Although he held anti-slavery views, he vehemently opposed abolitionism and did not see a future for freed Black people in America. Wed, 22 Dec 2021 19:51:50 GMT /culture-history/2021-12-22/washington-university-has-portrayed-its-co-founder-as-an-abolitionist-he-wasnt Marissanne Lewis-Thompson /government-politics-issues/2021-05-07/washington-university-explores-its-history-and-relation-to-slavery-in-new-project Washington University is the latest on a growing list of universities and colleges nationwide looking into the role they may have played in slavery. Fri, 07 May 2021 16:44:48 GMT /government-politics-issues/2021-05-07/washington-university-explores-its-history-and-relation-to-slavery-in-new-project Marissanne Lewis-Thompson