Elihu Yale

Welsh merchant, slave trader and philanthropist (1649–1721)

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Welsh merchant, slave trader and philanthropist (1649–1721)

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English

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Elihu Yale is Welsh merchant, slave trader and philanthropist (1649–1721).

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