PBS
•76% Informative
Descendants of the Black people enslaved by St. Louis University have for the first time calculated how much labor and wealth was stolen from their ancestors.
The total wealth acquired from stolen labor, including the construction of the Jesuit institution, totaled between $361 million and $70-plus billion .
At least 70 people were enslaved by the Jesuits in Missouri .
The estimate was based on what the university’s 70 enslaved people would have earned with a low wage — five cents an hour — for 24 hours a day, from 1823 until the abolition of slavery in 1865 .
Proudie Proudie said her family made the decision to stand up not only for itself, but for all the enslaved descendants of those who built this country.
VR Score
80
Informative language
82
Neutral language
37
Article tone
semi-formal
Language
English
Language complexity
58
Offensive language
likely offensive
Hate speech
not hateful
Attention-grabbing headline
not detected
Known propaganda techniques
not detected
Time-value
short-lived
External references
1
Source diversity
1
Affiliate links
no affiliate links