1856 Project presents findings exploring university ties to slavery
The project is part of a coalition of more than 100 universities around the world dedicated to investigating the history of slavery in their institutions.
UMD needs a new research project to tackle segregation’s impact
UMD was deeply segregationist. Why aren’t we learning more about it?
Most of UMD’s founders were slaveholders. The 1856 Project aims to confront that history.
Collectively, UMD's first trustees held nearly 400 enslaved people.