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Students say it’s time for this university to acknowledge its ties to slavery

Student leaders at SLU call for the university to reconcile its history of slavery

Descendants of enslaved people who helped build SLU want compensation, recognition

Descendants of Slaves Who Built St. Louis University Calculate They Are Owed $74 Billion Dollars

Saint Louis University Student Government Association Adopts Resolution Urging University to Work with Descendants of the Saint Louis University Enslaved

A push to mark the buried history of ‘harrowing’ slave prisons near Busch Stadium

Expert economist estimates SLU owes the descendants of former slave Henrietta Mills up to $70 Billion

Descendants of the enslaved who built SLU say the institution owes them up to $74 billion

Descendants of people enslaved by Jesuits in Missouri want to be heard again

Slave descendants say they’re owed $74B in reparations from St. Louis University

Descendants of the enslaved who built SLU say the institution owes them up to $74 billion

Slave descendants demanding $70B in reparations from Missouri university: ‘Overdue’

Descendants of those enslaved by St. Louis University calculated their ancestors’ unpaid labor. Here’s how

Descendants of enslaved St. Louisans who built Saint Louis University want compensation

Descendants of slaves who helped build SLU ask for $70B in compensation

Slave descendants want compensation from St. Louis University

St. Louis University slave descendants demand billions for stolen labor

Descendants of Enslaved Call Out Saint Louis University

Descendants of Enslaved Individuals Quantify Stolen Labor’s Wealth at St. Louis University 

Missouri descendants of slaves who built St Louis University demand $74 BILLION in reparations for their ancestors’ unpaid labor

PBS Living St. Louis

Grave of Black baseball star born into slavery receives headstone

‘Not nameless’: Bringing the lives of those enslaved to light

What descendants felt during a dig at a Jesuit-owned plantation

A Black St. Louis baseball star finally receives a headstone as descendants honor his life and legacy

At least 70 people were enslaved by the Jesuits in St. Louis. Descendants are now telling their stories

University Marks Juneteenth as SLU Builds on Legacy of Dr. Jonathan C. Smith