From Wikipedia:

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"The records of this period mention a flourishing slave trade in Madras, a trade in which Yale participated and from which he profited. He enforced a law that at least ten slaves should be carried on every ship bound for Europe. In his capacity as judge he also on several occasions sentenced so-called "black criminals" to whipping and enslavement. When the demand began to increase rapidly, the English merchants even began to kidnap young children and deport them to distant parts of the world, very much against their will. At a time when profits from the slave trade were dwindling and pressure from the Mughal government to stop the enslavement was mounting, the administration of Fort St George eventually stepped in and introduced laws to curb enslavement.[5]"

https://scroll.in/magazine/829298/the-indian-history-of-the-racist-slave-trading-yale-university-founder

Interesting they renamed Calhoun College, yet did not have the introspective awareness to look at the bigger picture.

6/22/2020 8:34:44 AM

Y’all University would be much more inclusive.

6/22/2020 11:06:45 AM

Fun fact, the bigger benefactor to Yale actually had the surname of Dummer. Yale was far less important but the trustees didn’t want to call it Dummer College.

6/22/2020 12:44:51 PM

RIP never like that school

6/22/2020 12:56:53 PM