At Johns Hopkins, Revelations About Its Founder and Slavery
The university and its medical system have long celebrated their founding benefactor as a staunch abolitionist. But newly surfaced documents tell a different story. By Jennifer Schuessler Dec. 9, 2020, 1:20 p.m. ET It’s a tale that has long been repeated at the university and medical center in Baltimore that bear his name: In 1807, the 12-year-old Johns…
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