… major, I realized that double-majoring in African Studies made sense for me because I had a natural predilection … and professional life. It gave me a unique portfolio which made me extremely competitive for several of Yale’s … Being part of so many high-level special programs at Yale made me more competitive for professional opportunities …
Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition
… “portrait” and will lay out some of the conditions that made the appearance of the slave’s face historically possible … not merely the wealth we are all familiar with, but made possible new forms of western refinement, fashionable …