/tags/william-greenleaf-eliot William Greenleaf Eliot en-US Copyright © 2024 ÍâÍøÌìÌà Thu, 07 Mar 2024 23:28:38 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2024-03-07/wash-us-co-founder-has-a-complicated-past-a-new-board-could-take-up-his-legacy For many years, Washington University has portrayed one of its founders, William Greenleaf Eliot, as an abolitionist. But, in 2021, a group of students and faculty disproved that notion and even showed Eliot was vehemently opposed to abolitionism. Thu, 07 Mar 2024 23:28:38 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2024-03-07/wash-us-co-founder-has-a-complicated-past-a-new-board-could-take-up-his-legacy Marissanne Lewis-Thompson /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