Tag: Charles William Eliot

  • Nation & World

    The focus is Harvard and slavery

    A new exhibit at Harvard’s Pusey Library, “Bound by History: Harvard, Slavery, and Archives,” contains much of what researchers have uncovered so far related to Harvard’s ties to slavery. But experts say there is much more to be found.

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    On display as part of an upcoming exhibit on slavery, this Allan Rohan Crite watercolor depicts the Dana-Palmer House, home of Harvard College and Law School graduate Richard Henry Dana Jr.. who helped found the anti-slavery Free Soil Party and later defended fugitive slaves in court.