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Appendix 2: Other Yale Leaders and Their Honors
| Name | Public Positions Re: Slavery | Yale Honors | New Haven Honors |
| Timothy Woodbridge | Slave Owner | Woodbridge Hall | None |
| Jared
Eliot (Yale 1706) |
Slave Owner. Donated first Yale library funds. | None | None |
| Philip Livingston | Slave Trader and slave owner. Donated money to endow YaleÕs first professorship. | Livingston Gateway | None |
| James
Hillhouse (Yale 1773) |
Anti-slavery leader in early U.S. Congress | None |
Hillhouse Ave.; |
| Samuel
Hopkins (Yale 1741) |
Supported Immediate Emancipation | "Hopkins" YDS wing. | None |
| Moses
Stuart (Yale 1799) |
Published Scriptural defense of slavery | "Stuart" YDS wing | None |
| Nathaniel
Taylor (Yale 1807) |
Concluded Yale student disputations with pro-slavery decisions in 1840s and 1850s. | "Taylor" YDS wing | None |
| Leonard
Bacon (Yale 1783) |
Outspoken leader of Colonizationist movement, while pastor of Center Church and as member of Yale Corporation. Assisted Amistad captives. | "Bacon" YDS wing | None |
| Augustus
Street (Yale 1812) |
On committee to prevent "Negro college" in New Haven. Wealthy New Haven merchant, and significant Yale donor. | Street Hall | None |
| David
Kimberly (Yale 1812 ) |
As Mayor of New Haven, convenes Town Meeting to prevent "Negro college" from opening. | None | Kimberly Ave. |
| David
Daggett (Yale 1783) |
Leader of movement to prevent "Negro college" in New Haven. Yale professor, founder of Yale Law School, and Chief Justice of Connecticut Supreme Court. | Symbol in Law School Shield | Daggett St. |
| Samuel
Hitchcock (Yale 1809) |
On committee to prevent "Negro college" in New Haven. Founder of Yale Law School. | Symbol in Law School Shield | None |
| Seth
Staples (Yale 1797) |
Defender of Amistad captives. Founder of private law school that later merged with Yale. | Symbol in Law School Shield | None |
| Roger
S. Baldwin (Yale 1811) |
Advocate for "Negro college" in 1831. Abolitionist and defender of Amistad captives. CT Governor. | None | Baldwin Drive (now closed) |
| Simeon
Jocelyn (Attended Yale briefly in 1823) |
Advocate for "Negro college" in 1831. First pastor of Dixwell Congregational Church. Supported Amistad captives. Creator of "Trowbridge" neighborhood. | None | Jocelyn Square |
| Josiah
W. Gibbs (Yale 1809) |
Translated language of Amistad captives while a Yale Divinity School Professor of philology. | None | None |
| James
Pennington (Refused admittance to Yale; audited classes) |
Escaped slave from Maryland. First black pastor of Dixwell Congregational Church. Prominent abolitionist and advocate of education for blacks. | None | None |
| Cassius
Clay (Yale 1832) |
Prominent Southern abolitionist. | None | None |
| Charles
Torrey (Yale 1833) |
Quit ministry to buy farm for underground ralroad. Helped 400 fugitive slaves escape. Caught, sentenced to hard labor & died in prison. | None | None |