Slaves Built This Well-Known University, And Now Their Descendants Want $70 Billion in Reparations
By Jessica Washington It’s no secret that much of this country was built off the backs of enslaved people. From the White House to Wall Street, it’s difficult to find a historical landmark without ties to our nation’s brutal history of slavery. Now, descendants of enslaved people are looking to St. Louis University to settle a major debt. And yes — they have receipts! A group of economists, descendants, and politicians estimated that the Jesuit institution exploited $361 million-worth of slave labor before inflation. Today, the group argues the school owes over $70 billion to the descendants of people they forced The post Slaves Built This Well-Known University, And Now Their Descendants Want $70 Billion in Reparations appeared first on HBCU News.
By Jessica Washington It’s no secret that much of this country was built off the backs of enslaved people. From the White House to Wall Street, it’s difficult to find a historical landmark without ties to our nation’s brutal history of slavery. Now, descendants of enslaved people are looking to St. Louis University to settle a major debt. And yes — they have receipts! A group of economists, descendants, and politicians estimated that the Jesuit institution exploited $361 million-worth of slave labor before inflation. Today, the group argues the school owes over $70 billion to the descendants of people they forced
The post Slaves Built This Well-Known University, And Now Their Descendants Want $70 Billion in Reparations appeared first on HBCU News.
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