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Tag: slavery


Researchers detail new findings about UMD’s ties to slavery at 1856 Project update

The project’s updates on Friday included progress on multiple historical investigations and the upcoming launch of a research incubator this spring.
  • Katherine Schutzman
  • February 24, 2025

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.
  • Sumaya Abdel-Motagaly
  • February 8, 2024

1856 Project looks into Black experience at UMD

The initiative looks to investigate the Black experience at this university and analyze institutional ties to slavery.
  • Hannah Ziegler
  • February 22, 2022

This year’s SGA election ballot will include a question about Francis Scott Key

The question will be on the ballot during SGA elections, which will take place next week.
  • Sofia Garay
  • April 15, 2021

Maryland legislators must acknowledge Maryland’s racist roots

Public health and racism are directly linked. The MGA should pass a bill acknowledging that.
  • Maya Rosenberg
  • March 22, 2021

UMD needs a new research project to tackle segregation’s impact

UMD was deeply segregationist. Why aren’t we learning more about it?
  • Maya Rosenberg
  • October 20, 2020

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.
  • Anaya Truss-Williams
  • October 19, 2020

How do we move from alternate history to changing our reality?

Alternate history is often closer to our world than we realize.
  • Serena Saunders
  • June 23, 2020

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