Seeking Abraham student researchers

Source: Seeking Abraham, Brandon Inabinet

And here we are, almost 200 years after its founding, when Marian Baker engages Furman in an overdue reckoning process. On April of 2018, former Furman Provost, Dr. George Shields, with the support of President Elizabeth Davis and the Furman Board of Trustees, forms the Task Force on Slavery and Justice to gather and share a more nuanced and interesting institutional history. It is thanks to the efforts of students, faculty, and staff, the honest dialogues on the legacy of slavery, and to the recommendations presented by the Task Force in the Seeking Abraham's report (2018), that Furman has the opportunity and the means to pass down more equitable legacies in the campus landscape, university finances, educational practices, and the community.

Let's explore how our Furman community is reshaping the landscape with new markers, statues, plaques, and with educational opportunities, such as Cultural Life Programming on Furman's ties to slavery.

Article on CLPs on the subject of Furman's ties to slavery

The Paladin, November 16, 2017