Universities Studying Slavery

“Miami and Slavery” engages with scholarship from universities in Ohio, across the United States, and abroad committed to studying their institutional histories of slavery. Related projects from universities studying slavery that inspired this project include:

Consoria

Universities Studying Slavery (USS) is a consortium of over one hundred institutions of higher learning in the United States, Canada, Colombia, Scotland, Ireland, and England. These schools are focused on sharing best practices and guiding principles as they engage in truth-telling educational projects focused on human bondage and the legacies of racism in their histories.

University Projects

Harvard University. The Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery Initiative is a University-wide presidential initiative anchored in years of research. 

University of Virginia. President's Commission on Slavery and the University. 

Rutgers University. Scarlet and Black Project: An Exploration of the African-American and Native American Experience at Rutgers.

William & Mary. The Lemon Project. 

Princeton University. The Princeton & Slavery Project: An exploration of Princeton University’s historical ties to the institution of slavery.

Columbia University. Columbia University and Slavery 

Brown University. Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice

Georgetown University. Georgetown University: Slavery, Memory, and Reconciliation