British universities are examining how they benefited from slavery
For some this is uncomfortable. For others it is an opportunity
EVERY YEAR, in early December, Jesus College, Cambridge, hosts the Rustat Feast. The tables in hall are lit with candles. There is wine, and music from the college choir. The assembled diners raise a glass to Tobias Rustat, whose generosity three centuries ago allowed generations of orphans to go to Cambridge and be ordained as Church of England clergymen. Then, last November, just before the latest feast, Rustat’s name was quietly dropped from the jollities.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Ties that bind”
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