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Johns Hopkins students miffed at officials' reaction to revelation school founder owned slaves


According to the
News-Letter, a team led by JHU history professor Martha Jones noted that “preliminary” research indicates Johns Hopkins had owned one slave in 1840, and four in 1850.
The main source of information is vintage census data.
The team’s report says further research is needed to ascertain just how Hopkins acquired his slaves, and to determine the circumstances of the slaves’ lives.
The “myth” about Hopkins, “proudly retold countless times on campus tours [and] convocations,” says he was an abolitionist Quaker whose father had freed his slaves in 1807. But Professor Jones’ report says there’s no proof Hopkins was an abolitionist, despite evidence he was “affiliated with Union-leaning civic organizations” and had “received one member of the Lincoln administration.” ....

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