Slavery and Justice

The 2006 Report of the Brown University Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice made a deep and permanent contribution to historical scholarship on racial slavery in the Americas and transformed higher education’s engagement with its history of slavery. This digital student edition features an interactive reading experience, an expanded set of historical documents, and an array of supplemental resources.

For the First Readings Assignment we encourage you to read the Front Matter before you dive into the Report itself.

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