The 1701 Project is a venture led by The Yale Historical Review (YHR) that analyzes our university’s and our nation’s racist histories. Although not affiliated with The 1619 Project, we draw inspiration from Nikole Hannah-Jones and her colleagues’ examination of slavery’s legacies in the New York Times. In June 2020, we launched an ongoing program at the YHR, providing a space for repressed narratives at Yale and beyond.
Interview and transcription by Zoe Bernicchia-FreemanAugust 14, 2021 Dr. Shaun Wallace is a social historian of the eighteenth and nineteenth century United States. His research examines transatlantic slavery, with a particular focus on fugitives and...
By Chinaza Asiegbu Originally published in July 2021 as part of Intersections, a joint issue...
By Renee OngEdited by Aurelia Dochnal '23, Michelle Medawar '24, and Rosemary Chen '241. IntroductionIt could not have been easy for W.A. Graham. As the first and only top British representative responsible for Kelantan’s administration before it was officially colonized, his strong belief that the Malaysian state was ripe for economic exploitation often...
By Andrew BilodeauEdited by Sarah Li '22 and Lucy Gilchrist '24 “Although the mines are guarded,The miners true and fair,They mean to deal out justice,A living they declare.The corruption of BuchananBrought the convicts here,Just to please the rich manAnd take the miner's share.”[1]The late 19th century was filled...
By Allison Lau Edited by Cynthia Lin '23 and Tiana Luo '24 By the mid 1960s, Oakland’s predominantly Black urban ghettos, like others across the nation, represented to many Black radicals the “concrete inner city jungles of Babylon”, as a metaphor to describe how the American state openly terrorized, oppressed and killed Black people...
By Chasia JeffriesEdited by Iman Iftikhar '23 and Endure McTier '22 IntroductionAfrican people were some of the first occupants of the land we currently understand to be the country of Spain; they even occupied and ruled the country for centuries. However, when one looks at the current condition of the country, this historical past is...
By Alexandra Tamvakis Edited by Leila Iskandarani '22 and Philip Mousavizadeh '24 IntroductionOn August 16,...
