Let's see, I can think of a few. There was Harvard president Increase Mather, University President Benjamin Wadsworth. Elihu Yale, founder of, you guessed it, Yale. As a bonus, Yale traded slaves. I think Yale needs to be renamed George Floyd University. It has a nice ring to it, don't you think? Oh, let's not forget Princeton (the first nine presidents held slaves), Georgetown University and Brown university, named after a family of slave owners. Johns Hopkins University's founder had enslaved at least 4 people. Four presidents of Columbia University, Rutgers University and so on. The list is long.
Let's see, I can think of a few. There was Harvard president Increase Mather, University President Benjamin Wadsworth. Elihu Yale, founder of, you guessed it, Yale. As a bonus, Yale traded slaves. I think Yale needs to be renamed George Floyd University. It has a nice ring to it, don't you think? Oh, let's not forget Princeton (the first nine presidents held slaves), Georgetown University and Brown university, named after a family of slave owners. Johns Hopkins University's founder had enslaved at least 4 people. Four presidents of Columbia University, Rutgers University and so on. The list is long.
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