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Re: Black Confederates
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Henry Wiencek <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 15 Jun 2007 10:22:45 -0400
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In the 1850s (I think I have the date right) Yale put the kibosh on the
establishment of a college for African-Americans in New Haven. Yale feared
that the mere existence of such a school down the street would alienate
alumni and students from the slaveholding states. This information was
turned up several years ago when a group of researchers looked into Yale's
connections to slavery. Their report can probably be found online somewhere.
I don't know if further research has been done since then. 

Henry Wiencek

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