Harvard University announced Tuesday that it is pledging $100 million to redress its gains from slavery following the findings of a committee indicating the Ivy League institution greatly benefited from the slave trade in the colonial era.

The sum is among the largest made by an institution of higher education to atone for its role in the slave trade. The Jesuit order of Catholic priests pledged a similar amount in 2021 for selling slaves to pay off the debts of Georgetown University in 1838.