Center for the Study of Slavery & Justice at Brown University

The Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice (CSSJ) is a scholarly research center with a public humanities mission. Recognizing that racial and chattel slavery were central to the historical formation of the Americas and the modern world, the CSSJ creates a space for the interdisciplinary study of the historical forms of slavery while also examining how these legacies shape our contemporary world. The Center's work is organized around a set of research clusters and projects.

Visit us in our renovated 19th century house, which includes a gallery exhibition space, the stunning glass wall art piece Rising to Freedom, and a symbolic garden.

Banner images courtesy of the Brown University Portrait Collection and the John Carter Brown Library at Brown University.

https://www.brown.edu/initiatives/slavery-and-justice/