Scarlet and Black Slavery and Dispossession in Rutgers History |
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Editor:
| Fuentes, Marisa J. White, Deborah Gray |
Contribution by:
| Fuentes, Marisa J. White, Deborah Gray Adams, Beatrice J. Armstead, Shauni Bayker, Jesse Blakley, Christopher Boyd, Kendra Carey, Miya Esty, Kaisha Johnson, Tracey Manuel, Daniel Pujols, Jomaira Salas Sutter, Brenann Townsend, Camilla Walker, Pamela N. Wiesner, Caitlin Reed Wierda, Meagan |
ISBN: | 978-0-8135-9152-0 |
Publication Date: | Dec 2016 |
Publisher: | Rutgers University Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $33.00 |
Book Description:
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Scarlet and Black documents the history of Rutgers's connection to slavery, which was neither casual nor accidental--nor unusual. Like most early American colleges, Rutgers depended on slaves to build its campuses and serve its students and faculty. The contributors offer this history as a usable one--to strengthen Rutgers and help direct its course for the future. The work of the Committee on Enslaved and Disenfranchised Population in...
More Description Scarlet and Black documents the history of Rutgers's connection to slavery, which was neither casual nor accidental--nor unusual. Like most early American colleges, Rutgers depended on slaves to build its campuses and serve its students and faculty. The contributors offer this history as a usable one--to strengthen Rutgers and help direct its course for the future.
The work of the Committee on Enslaved and Disenfranchised Population in Rutgers History.