The Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery initiative identified at least 913 individuals enslaved by Harvard faculty, staff, and leadership and at least 403 of their living descendants, according to an internal report from December.

Harvard University transferred its enslavement identification program to American Ancestors, the group leading the 10 Million Names project.

Harvard abruptly laid off its Slavery Remembrance Program staff, who were tasked with identifying direct descendants of people enslaved by Harvard affiliates.

Harvard University laid off the staff members of its Slavery Remembrance Program on Thursday and outsourced the program.

Staff told Harvard's student newspaper that they were not given any advance notice of the decision to lay off staff and outsource research to a nonprofit.

A program at Harvard University meant to identify the descendants of people previously enslaved by university affiliates has been outsources, while its staff was terminated, a report said.