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David Daggett

American politician

Died when: 86 years 102 days (1035 months)
Star Sign: Capricorn

 

David Daggett

David Daggett (December 31, 1764 – April 12, 1851) was a U.S. senator, mayor of New Haven, Connecticut, Judge of the Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors, and a founder of the Yale Law School.

He helped block plans for the first college for African Americans in the United States and presided over the conviction of a woman running a boarding school for African Americans in violation of Connecticut's recently passed Black Law.

He judged African Americans not to be citizens and supported their colonization to Africa.


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