Did you know that Yale University was built on donations made from ill-gotten wealth, largely from slave trade in the 17th century? Madras or present-day Chennai is where the University’s benefactor, Elihu Yale, made much of his money.
Researched and Produced in partnership with Tamil Nadu Tourism and Archaeological Survey of India
Wardrobe partner – Kalpa Druma
1.Yale University Campus
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yale_University_Campus-103.jpg
Elisa.rolle, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
2.Elihu Yale seated at table with the Second Duke of Devonshire and Lord James Cavendish
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Unknow_-_Elihu_Yale_seated_at_table_with_the_Second_Duke_of_Devonshire_and_Lord_James_Cavendish_-_1960.51_-_Yale_University_Art_Gallery.jpg
Yale University Art Gallery, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
3.Portrait of Gov. Elihu Yale
Enoch Seeman, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
4.Fort St. George, Chennai
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fort_St._George,_Chennai.jpg
National Maritime Museum, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
5.A Slave Gang in Zanzibar” by W.A. Churchill
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zanzslgwch.jpg
W.A. Churchill, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
6.Slave Market by Jean-Baptiste Debret
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:March%C3%A9_aux_Negres_by_Johann_Moritz_Rugendas.jpg
Wilfredo, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
7.Slaves cutting the sugar cane by William Clark (d.1801)
British Library, Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication
8.Fort St. George, Print made by Gerard van der Gucht, 1696–1776
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:41910
Public Domain, Via Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
9.Fort St George, Madras
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fort_St_George_Madras_1858.jpg
Internet Archive Book Images, No restrictions, via Wikimedia Commons
10.Elihu Yale with his Servant by James Worsdale
Yale University Art Gallery, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
11.Aurangzeb holds court, as painted by (perhaps) Bichitr
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aurangzeb-portrait.jpg
Darbarscene.jpg: Cordanradderivative work: Rani nurmai, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
12.Slaves landed from a Ship by Phillips, Richard, Sir (1767-1840)
New York Public Library, Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication (“CCO 1.0 Dedication”)
13.Elihu Yale, Eighteenth century Oil on canvas Gift of Joseph Verner Reed
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elihu_Yale,_merchant,_London_residence.jpg
Michael Dahl, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
14.Pen and ink drawing of ‘Plas Grono,’ the estate belonging to Elihu Yale, near to Wrexham, North Wales
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Plas_Grono_Elihu_Yale%27s_house_near_Wrexham_Wales.jpg
Public Domain, Via Yale University Manuscripts & Archives Digital Images Database
15.The first Yale College House
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_First_Yale_College_House_Diedricksen.jpg
Theodore Diedricksen, Jr., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
16.A Front View of Yale-College, and the College Chapel, New-Haven, printed by Daniel Bowen from a woodcut
Public Domain, Via Yale University Manuscripts & Archives Digital Images Database
17.Sterling Memorial Library on the campus of Yale University
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sterling_Memorial_Library_2,_September_1,_2008.jpg
Ragesoss, CC BY-SA 3.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/>, via Wikimedia Commons
18.Elihu Yale Memorial, St. Mary’s Church, Madras
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Elihu_Yale_Memorial,_St._Mary%27s_Church,_Madras.jpg
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