WASHINGTON: Yale University on Sunday issued an apology for its connection to slavery after several years of research and study that it said it undertook into its formative ties to the slave.
Alongside the release of history professor David Blight’s book on “Yale and Slavery: A History” on Friday, the University formally apologized for the role slavery played in the institution and its early leaders’ lives. In response, Yale has announced a set of actions, some of which were first announced in the previous two years, to acknowledge the school’s ties to the institution of slavery.