Harvard releases report detailing its ties to slavery, plans to issue reparations

People walk along a sidewalk on the campus of Harvard University, in Cambridge, Mass., July 16, 2019. Harvard President Lawrence Bacow announced Tuesday, April 26, 2022 that the university is committing $100 million to study its ties to slavery and create a "Legacy of Slavery Fund." (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Harvard University has released a report detailing the school’s involvement in the U.S. slave trade, including faculty and staff owning slaves and professors teaching racial eugenics.

In 2019, Harvard President Lawrence Bacow formed a committee that included representatives from all the schools on campus, and asked them to uncover Harvard’s ties to slavery.

The committee’s work should “have a strong grounding in rigorous research and critical perspectives that will inform not only our understanding of facts, but also how we might address the ramifications of what we learn,” he said at the time.