Comments on: New research uncovers ties between Jewell and slavery https://hilltopmonitor.jewell.edu/new-research-uncovers-ties-between-jewell-and-slavery/ The Official Student Publication of William Jewell College Fri, 02 May 2025 14:33:35 +0000 hourly 1 By: Brian J. Bartels https://hilltopmonitor.jewell.edu/new-research-uncovers-ties-between-jewell-and-slavery/#comment-97217 Fri, 02 May 2025 14:33:35 +0000 https://hilltopmonitor.jewell.edu/?p=17041#comment-97217 In reply to Joseph E. Quaranto D.O..

Thank you for the kind words! The students who worked diligently to bring more awareness to the subject through their research are a great example of what makes our institution special–despite stains on our past, such as the ones outlined in this article. Shaping our future is dependent on acknowledging out past and making meaningful changes.

]]> By: Joseph E. Quaranto D.O. https://hilltopmonitor.jewell.edu/new-research-uncovers-ties-between-jewell-and-slavery/#comment-97057 Wed, 30 Apr 2025 02:47:55 +0000 https://hilltopmonitor.jewell.edu/?p=17041#comment-97057 WOKE! How wonderful to find a professor and students dedicated to uncovering the truth. My impression of the school before reading this article was that William Jewell was a conservative,somewhat stodgy,religious school. Not as bad as Hillsdale in Michigan,but not as dedicated to true precise journalist truth. This article proves me wrong. You are woke. You have my utmost respect. My neighbors are both Jewell grads. I will pass this article on.

]]> By: William j Pease https://hilltopmonitor.jewell.edu/new-research-uncovers-ties-between-jewell-and-slavery/#comment-74360 Thu, 08 Feb 2024 18:12:15 +0000 https://hilltopmonitor.jewell.edu/?p=17041#comment-74360 Just a note of appreciation for your work. The collaborative genealogy website, Wikitree, is starting to document Black genealogy. At present they have not yet covered Clay County. I am writing you because my great-grandfather, Robert Hugh Miller, founder and publisher of the Liberty Tribune (see his name in Wikipedia) held a few household slaves and was probably a trustee of William Jewel. As a small child I was taken to visit his daughters in Liberty, my grandaunts. With them was an old lady who had been born in slavery and stayed with the family. I have later wondered if she was their half-sister. I regret that I have been unable to recall her name.

]]> By: Douglas Smith https://hilltopmonitor.jewell.edu/new-research-uncovers-ties-between-jewell-and-slavery/#comment-45079 Wed, 13 Apr 2022 01:26:22 +0000 https://hilltopmonitor.jewell.edu/?p=17041#comment-45079 Wonderful research to discover this history.

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