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The Amistad Committee: Yale, Slavery & Abolition

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This essay explores Yale University's relationship to slavery. It seeks to answer questions such as why did Yale name most of its colleges after slave owners and pro-slavery leaders? Included is a downloadable PDF, timeline, map of Yale, and bibliography.

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amistad, slavery
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slavery and yale university, yale slavery: yale, slavery & abolition, yale university, slavery in the new england colonies
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  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
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