The Seminary Flourished on Slave Labor. Now It’s Planning to Pay Reparations.

This month, more than a century after the last enslaved people labored on campus, the seminary’s leaders announced plans to atone for that history. They are creating a $1.7 million reparations fund, becoming one of the first American institutions to allocate money specifically for the descendants of the enslaved. The fund will also provide financial support for black seminarians and black worshipers who experienced discrimination on campus.