Lanier dates her replevin clock from 2017, not Harvard’s claimed 2011

Evidence

It was not until the Universities and Slavery: Bound by History conference in 2017 that I realized that Harvard was knowingly misrepresenting the truth about my relationship to Renty. That was when I wrote to Faust to make my request that the university surrender the daguerreotypes to me and my family. And so according to the law of replevin, I had three years from that moment to file my complaint. — Tamara Lanier, From These Roots, 1169

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the reader’s knowledge of statutes of limitations and how the strategic choice of a triggering date determines whether a claim survives.