Conn. woman can sue Harvard for emotional distress for photo of enslaved ancestor

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Conn. woman can sue Harvard for emotional distress for photo of enslaved ancestor

Over 170 years after a racist Harvard researcher requested photographs be taken of an enslaved Black man for pseudoscientific uses,

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1760

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1774

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1849

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13

1862

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21

1832

France abolishes slavery.

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4

1794

Massachusetts slaves petitioned the legislature

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The Fight For Meredith's Education

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First Formal Protest Against Slavery

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27

1816

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18

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27

1875

Strom forced suspension of attack on Richmond, Va

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30

1800

Alex Haley, renowned author, dies

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1992

John C. Freemont

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30

1854

Congress Fight For Blacks Freedom

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17

1862

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1733

President Lincoln's Promise

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1

1863

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22

1791

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6

1957

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27

1963

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