Seminary to pay $27M in reparations over ties to slavery

U.S. history is replete with such things, and the effectsof it are still with us. We must understand how we got here to change it. "The Princeton Theological Seminary announced the initiative after an audit revealed that the founding members of the faculty used slave labor at some point in their lives and the seminary "benefited from the slave economy, both through investments in Southern banks in the mid-19th century and from donors who profited from slavery," according to a detailed outline of the plan released on Friday. John White, dean of students and vice president of student relations, called the audit "an act of confession."" (ab) http://ow.ly/PYHt50wTLHG
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