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As shared with the Johns Hopkins community today, we have discovered through census records, evidence that our founder, Mr. Johns Hopkins —in contrast with the longstanding narrative that he was an early abolitionist —held enslaved people in his home in 1840 and 1850, and perhaps earlier. These findings complicate the understanding we have long had of Johns Hopkins as our founder, whose historic gift launched our university and hospital in 1876. This difficult revelation calls upon us to continu