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  2. David W. Blight - Wikipedia

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    David William Blight (born 1949) is the Sterling Professor of History, of African American Studies, and of American Studies and Director of the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition at Yale University.

  3. MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies - Wikipedia

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    Davis served as director till June 2004, [8] when historian David. W. Blight, Sterling Professor of American History at Yale University, succeeded him as current director as of 2021. [9] The center's mission is to promote the study of all aspects of slavery and its legacy, with focus on the chattel slave system and its destruction.

  4. Yale University apologizes for its ties to slavery

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    Science & Tech. Shopping. Sports. Weather. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: ... A History,” a book by professor David W. Blight with the Yale and Slavery Research Project.

  5. Frederick Douglass Book Prize - Wikipedia

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    The Diligent: A Voyage through the Worlds of the Slave Trade: 2002 Second Prize John Stauffer: The Black Hearts of Men: Radical Abolitionists and the Transformation of Race [10] 2001 David Blight: Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory: 2000 David Eltis: The Rise of African Slavery in the Americas: 1999 Ira Berlin

  6. Yale apologizes for past ties to slavery

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  7. Slavery at American colleges and universities - Wikipedia

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    Yale's Berkeley College is named for slave owner George Berkeley. In 1998, the university established the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition at the MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies. The legacy of slavery at Yale was addressed in the February 2002 edition of the Yale Alumni Magazine. [115]

  8. 'Out of the Jaws of Hell!': Kentucky’s history of anti ...

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    Their forgotten ordeal reflects the heart and soul of the anti-slavery struggle. James M. Prichard received a B. A. and an M.A. in History from Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio.

  9. Elihu Yale - Wikipedia

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    In 2020 Yale's president, Peter Salovey, launched the Yale and Slavery Research Project to explore the university's links with slavery and colonialism, including Elihu Yale's central role. [7] The project was led by David W. Blight , director of the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition , and published its ...