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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC07971 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1880s |
| Title | Letter from Mark Twain to Yale Law school regarding a black student |
| Date | 24 December 1885 |
| Author | Twain, Mark (1835-1910) |
| Additional authors | Clemens, Samuel (1835-1910) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Offers to fund a black student's education to Yale Law School: "we have ground the manhood out of them & the shame is ours, not theirs." |
| Subjects | Civil Rights African American History Slavery Education Literature and Language Arts |
| People | Twain, Mark (1835-1910) Clemens, Samuel (1835-1910) |
| Place written | Hartford, Connecticut |
| Theme | African Americans; Education |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |