Susan Svrluga and Mara Reinstein, WP

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Harvard profited from images of slaves

Case reflects difficulty black people face in seeking information about their ancestors

A 2017 program conference using as cover art an 1850 daguerreotype of the slave Renty, part of a Harvard professor’s study arguing that black people were an inferior race, Feb. 28, 2019.

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