Trinity set to remove slave owner's name from library
First opened in 1967, the Berkeley Library was named after philosopher George Berkeley in 1978.
"He bought slaves, named Philip, Anthony, Edward, and Agnes Berkeley, to work on his Rhode Island estate in 1730-31 and sought to advance ideology in support of slavery," the university added in a statement. "The denaming does not deny Berkeley's importance as a writer, philosopher, and towering intellectual figure.
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