Harvard Fired Genealogist After Finding 900 Ties to Slavery

Harvard Fired Genealogist After Finding 900 Ties to Slavery

Harvard University’s efforts to confront its deep historical ties to American slavery are facing new scrutiny following the abrupt dismissal of the genealogist leading its research into descendants of enslaved people connected to the institution. In 2022, Harvard committed $100 million to implement recommendations from its Legacy of Slavery report, which acknowledged the university’s direct complicity in slavery. That report outlined how Harvard…

Harvard hired a researcher to uncover its ties to slavery. He says...

Harvard hired a researcher to uncover its ties to slavery. He says the results cost him his job: ‘We found too many slaves’ When the extent of the university’s involvement with slavery was unearthed, a scholar tracking descendants of enslaved workers was suddenly fired www.theguardian.com In 2015, he started an independent project at Georgetown University in Washington DC to locate the descend…

Harvard hired a researcher to uncover its ties to slavery. He says the results cost him his job: ‘We found too many slaves’

When the extent of the university’s involvement with slavery was unearthed, a scholar tracking descendants of enslaved workers was suddenly fired Jordan Lloyd had been praying for something big to happen. The 35-year-old screenwriter was quarantining in her apartment in North Hollywood in June…