Staff members overseeing Harvard University’s Slavery Remembrance Program have been dismissed from their positions.
The initiative, part of the $100 million Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery project, is dedicated to identifying the descendants of individuals enslaved by the university’s leadership, faculty, or staff, according to reports from the Boston Globe and Harvard Crimson.
Recently, the program, led by Director Richard J. Cellini and research fellow Wayne W. Tucker, uncovered records of “several hundred people” who had been enslaved between 1660 and 1815. They presented their findings to the prime minister and governor-general of Antigua and Barbuda, aiming to gain further insight into these historical connections.
