"The academy never stood apart from American slavery—in fact, it stood beside church and state as the third pillar of a civilization built on bondage."
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Academics from the United StatesHistorians from the United StatesColumbia University alumniDartmouth College facultyMassachusetts Institute of Technology faculty
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Ebony & Ivy: Race, Slavery and the Troubled History of America’s Universities (2013), p. 11
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