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Educated in Tyranny: Slavery at Thomas Jefferson's University

Educated in Tyranny: Slavery at Thomas Jefferson's University

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19th Century United States HistoryBlack American StudiesGeneral Education

Publisher Price: $34.95

ISBN10: 0813942861
ISBN13: 9780813942865
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Published: Aug 13 2019
Pages: 280
Weight: 1.80
Height: 1.00 Width: 7.40 Depth: 9.10
Language: English

From the University of Virginia's very inception, slavery was deeply woven into its fabric. Enslaved people first helped to construct and then later lived in the Academical Village; they raised and prepared food, washed clothes, cleaned privies, and chopped wood. They maintained the buildings, cleaned classrooms, and served as personal servants to faculty and students. At any given time, there were typically more than one hundred enslaved people residing alongside the students, faculty, and their families. The central paradox at the heart of UVA is also that of the nation: What does it mean to have a public university established to preserve democratic rights that is likewise founded and maintained on the stolen labor of others?

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