Yale University funded by the slave trade from India?
Elihu Yale Governor of Madras in the 1680’s funded Yale university out of the money he squandered in India through corruption and slave trade.
Yale University in the USA is one of the top universities in the world. It is ranked consistently as the best place to study globally. It looks like it has a connection to a city in India-Madras/Chennai. Elihu Yale, the governor of Madras, funded Yale University’s construction. Was this fund made out of the slave trade?
Career in East India Company:
Elihu Yale was born in Boston, Massachusetts. His family moved to England, and he did his studies in London. Yale joined the East India Company (EIC), which changed his life forever. East India Company had a monopoly to trade with India. Headquarters in London, the company sent troves of men to make quick money in India. Andrew Cogan and Francis Day got a small plot of land in South India called Madras. They built St George fort, the first fortification by Britain in India. Yale succeeded Andrew Cogan to become the first Governor of…
