«The Ackland itself has a connection to the exploitation of a race of people, but in its own country. William Hayes Ackland, whose bequest founded the museum and whose body is entombed within it, inherited his fortune. His mother’s first husband made the money by founding what became the largest slave-trading company in the United States. The museum acknowledges this bitter truth on its website.»

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