Monasterio de San Juan de los Reyes (Monastery of St. John of the Kings), built by the Catholic monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella from their private fortune, in commemoration of the 1476 victory over the Portuguese in the battle of Toro.
Ferdinand and Isabella's private fortunes built the Monastery of St. John of the Kings.
Which isn't at all to excuse or make apologies for slavery, of course, but only to argue that our collective memory needs to include men like Robert Harlan, Justice Harlan's half-brother (or cousin, depending on which biographer you believe), who was educated by his master, escaped to California, made a fortune in the gold fields, returned to Kentucky and bought his freedom, then moved to England to race horses.