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Before Faulkner: Research details lives of enslaved people from the 1860s

New research has revealed details of the lives of enslaved people that lived at Rowan Oak, which would later become the home of writer William Faulkner. The findings are a result of

September 11, 2019

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Opinion: Who’ll pay reparations on our “Ole Miss” soul?

Last month, the University of Mississippi and the Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on History and Context (CACHC) unveiled several contextualization plaques, culminating years of historical research, community input and contentious debate. During a

April 23, 2018

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Slavery Research Group explores history of slavery at UM with campus tour

The University of Mississippi Slavery Research Group hosted several events yesterday to explore the history of enslaved people in north Mississippi. The group hosted a Slavery on Campus History Tour to spread

April 19, 2018

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Opinion: The University Greys: students, soldiers, sons of slaveholders

As secession fever swept the Slave South, young white men joined state militias en masse. By May 1861, only four months after Mississippi leaders declared secession, almost every student enrolled at the

October 20, 2017

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