Excerpt from book chapter: "Conversations  about  slavery  and  its  afterlives  are  tough  –  even  at  higher  education  institutions  where  intellectual  freedom  and  critical  thought  are  central  to  the  mission.  Historical  records  revealing the transgenerational suffering and brutality experienced by millions of African enslaved people  for  nearly  three  centuries  still  cause  us  to  understandably  wince.  Despite  the  collective  discomfort,  the  reality  of  American  slavery  and  its  legacies  is  part  of  our  shared  history,  par-ticularly at colonial-era established colleges and universities. In his groundbreaking book, Ebony and Ivy: Race, Slavery and the Troubled History of American Universities, Craig Stephen Wilder (2013,  p.  11)  states:  “The  academy  never  stood  apart  from  American  slavery  –  in  fact,  it  stood  beside church and state as a third pillar of a civilization built on bondage"...."