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

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

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Humanities & Cultures@beehaw.orgEnglish · 10 days ago

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When the extent of the university’s involvement with slavery was unearthed, a scholar tracking descendants of enslaved workers was suddenly fired

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