Yale Tour: History of Slavery
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Functionality & Mechanism Developed by Yale University Library, this educational tool leverages GPS-enabled mapping to guide a self-paced tour of key campus sites. At each location, the interface delivers pedagogical content through narrated audio, archival images, and primary source documents, designed to transform physical landmarks into points of historical inquiry. Its architecture supports both on-site, self-guided exploration and remote study, making the curated content accessible without requiring physical presence on campus.
Evidence & Research Context
- The app's content is derived from the comprehensive historical research detailed in the book Yale and Slavery: A History.
- The platform functions as a digital companion to the primary text, designed to disseminate archival findings through a location-based, multimedia format.
- Associated research outlines the app's focus on topics such as the use of enslaved labor, legacies of figures tied to the slave trade, and local resistance efforts.
- The authors describe the tool as a mechanism for institutional transparency, intended to make the university's complex history accessible to a broad public audience.
Intended Use & Scope This application is intended as an educational and historical reference tool for students, educators, researchers, and the general public. Its primary utility is to provide a curated, location-based overview of the university's ties to slavery. The tool is not a comprehensive academic curriculum and should be used to supplement, not replace, primary historical scholarship.
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Peer-reviewed research associated with this app.
Yale and Slavery: A History
Yale University et al. (2001)
Describes the research-driven development of this appIn the Media
Yale confronts ties to slavery in Professor David Blight's 'Yale and Slavery'
Yale University Press released "Yale and Slavery: A History" on Friday, February 16, authored by Sterling Professor David Blight in conjunction with the Yale and Slavery Research Project, shedding light on Yale's historical entanglement with racial slavery. Published by the Yale Daily News, the narrative history examines Yale's connections to the practice of slavery throughout its institutional history. Blight's research provides comprehensive documentation of the university's complex relationship with the institution of slavery.
Yale apologizes for ties to slavery in new report, pledges list of actions
Yale formally apologized for the role slavery played in the institution and its early leaders' lives alongside the release of history professor David Blight's book "Yale and Slavery: A History" on Friday. The Yale Daily News reports the University announced a set of actions, some first announced in previous two years, to acknowledge the school's ties to slavery. The apology and pledged actions represent Yale's response to comprehensive research on its historical connections to the institution of slavery.
Yale vows new actions to address past ties to slavery, issues apology, book
Yale University announced new commitments and actions with a formal apology in response to findings from the scholarly, peer-reviewed book "Yale and Slavery: A History," authored as part of the Yale and Slavery Research Project. Yale News reports the university's ongoing work to understand its history and connections to slavery continued with announcements addressing the research findings. The actions represent Yale's institutional response to comprehensive documentation of its historical entanglement with slavery.
Yale publicly confronts historical involvement in slavery
Yale held a publicly accessible academic conference from October 28-30 where researchers and experts shared initial discoveries about the university's entanglements with slavery as part of Yale's rigorous effort to reckon with its historical role. President Peter Salovey outlined initial actions Yale will take in response to what it learned about its past, including creation of permanent memorialization of the enslaved and indigenous people. The conference represented Yale's public confrontation with its historical involvement in slavery.
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Feb 2024
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