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Report on Lord Dalhousie's history on slavery and race, scholarly panel: Dr. Afua Cooper: Chair, Professor Françoise Baylis, Dean Camille Cameron, Mr. Ainsley Francis, Dr. Paul Lovejoy, Mr. David States, Dr. Shirley Tillotson, Dr. H.A. Whitfield, Ms. Norma Williams ; research support: Ms. Jalana Lewis, lead researcher, Ms. Kylie Peacock, Mr. Wade Pfaff ; with contributions from Dr. Karly Kehoe and Dr. Isaac Saney

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scholarly panel: Dr. Afua Cooper: Chair, Professor Françoise Baylis, Dean Camille Cameron, Mr. Ainsley Francis, Dr. Paul Lovejoy, Mr. David States, Dr. Shirley Tillotson, Dr. H.A. Whitfield, Ms. Norma Williams ; research support: Ms. Jalana Lewis, lead researcher, Ms. Kylie Peacock, Mr. Wade Pfaff ; with contributions from Dr. Karly Kehoe and Dr. Isaac Saney

"In 2016, the then president and senate chair of Dalhousie University established a scholarly panel to inquire into Lord Dalhousie's relationship to slavery, race, and anti-Black racism within Dalhousie University, the province of Nova Scotia and the wider Canadian Atlantic region. The panel received a mandate to conduct historical research on Dalhousie's links to slavery, his anti-Black attitude and the impact this continues to have on contemporary Black life, and further to propose recommendations that would lead to action in countering the insidious legacy left by the earl. This report is the result of the panel's investigation. The panel combed through the relevant archives in Canada and the United Kingdom for primary documents and secondary-source material. Five distinct areas of Lord Dalhousie and the University's entanglement with race, slavery, and anti-Black racism were discerned. The [report] details these areas of entanglement.... In addition to laying out the facts of Lord Dalhousie and Dalhousie University's entanglement with race, slavery, and anti-Blackness, it is important to show how today's legacy of racism and discrimination affects current race relations in Nova Scotia and, more particularly, at Dalhousie University.... The panel's recommendations are meant to start the process of changing the anti-Black sentiments and dismantling the anti-Black practices that are legacies of slavery and the slave trade and to bring about an equitable distribution of resources for the Black community."--Executive summary

Note from Dr. Teri Balser, Interim President and Vice-Chancellor -- Note from Dr. Afua Cooper, Chair of the panel and lead author of the report -- Foreward [sic] to the Lord Dalhousie Report / by Dr. Kevin Hewitt, Chair of the Senate -- Executive summary for the Lord Dalhousie Report -- Dalhousie University's historic links to slavery and its impact on the Black community: rationale for the report -- The 9th Earl of Dalhousie: the man from Midlothian -- The Nova Scotia to which Lord Dalhousie came -- Lord Dalhousie: Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia, 1816 to 1820 -- Lord Dalhousie's correspondence with Lord Bathurst: seven letters -- The founding of Dalhousie College and University -- A legacy of mistrust -- The legacies of slavery: a justice system case study -- Lord Dalhousie Panel and the International Decade for People of African Descent: recognition, reconciliation, and recompense: brief reflections -- Moving forward: reparatory justice -- Appendices

Lord Dalhousie's history on slavery and race