Genealogist Chris Rabb is now the first living descendant of enslaved people connected to Columbia University’s founding families to be formally identified by university researchers.
This is the first time students have identified a living descendant of someone enslaved by a Columbia affiliate since the Columbia University and Slavery seminar began in 2014.
The finding followed a group research initiative this fall to trace descendants of people enslaved by families linked to the University’s founding and early history…