Harvard justified keeping the images through its educational mission

Evidence

The judge then allowed Harvard to respond, in rebuttal. Metlitsky agreed that enslavement was horrible, as was Agassiz’s pseudoscience and racism, and the conditions under which the daguerreotypes were taken. But, he added, “the Peabody is a museum with an educational mission. And these images are crucial for not only trying to understand the lives of the people captured in the daguerreotypes but trying to understand the institution of slavery itself.” — Tamara Lanier, From These Roots, 1187

The judge then allowed Harvard to respond, in rebuttal. Metlitsky agreed that enslavement was horrible, as was Agassiz’s pseudoscience and racism, and the conditions under which the daguerreotypes were taken. But, he added, “the Peabody is a museum with an educational mission. And these images are crucial for not only trying to understand the lives of the people captured in the daguerreotypes but trying to understand the institution of slavery itself.” — Tamara Lanier, From These Roots, 1187

Categorization

• XREF: This is the core of Harvard’s argument the reader needs to state precisely — the ‘educational mission’ defense that reframes stolen images as public heritage.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Tamara Lanier, From These Roots: My Fight with Harvard…, 1187