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Bust of Stockton gone, university asks panel to decide how best to enshrine its slaveholder namesake

Stockton University sets up a panel to review the life and legacy of its namesake, the 18th-century New Jersey luminary Richard Stockton.

Harvey Kesselman, president of Stockton University, at a 2015 legislative hearing in Trenton, N.J. Kesselman said Monday a special committee would decide the future of a bust of the school’s namesake, Richard Stockton, and his place in campus history.
Harvey Kesselman, president of Stockton University, at a 2015 legislative hearing in Trenton, N.J. Kesselman said Monday a special committee would decide the future of a bust of the school’s namesake, Richard Stockton, and his place in campus history.Read moreAP Photo / Mel Evans)