37Results for "1800"
Stories
Princeton and Mississippi
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Princeton students and their families lived in the Mississippi area decades before statehood in 1817. From the 1790s to the Civil War, Mississippians at the College of New Jersey came from elite families who built their wealth on cotton and slave labor.
Henry Kollock
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Henry Kollock (1778-1819) was a Princeton professor, pastor, and slave owner. He appeared in the first fugitive slave narrative: Life of William Grimes, a Runaway Slave.
Princeton and the New Jersey Colonization Society
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More than half of the officers and founding members of the New Jersey Colonization Society were Princeton affiliates.
Princeton in the Newspapers
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News about the College of New Jersey and its students—including their connections to the South—spread across the country through multiple forms of print media.
The Witherspoon-Jackson Community
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The Witherspoon-Jackson community, centered around Witherspoon Street, comprised the heart of Princeton’s African-American community during the 19th century.
Primary Sources
1800 Federal Census Entry for Robert Lenox
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1800 Federal Census entry for trustee Robert Lenox.
College of New Jersey Commencement Program
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A program for a College of New Jersey Commencement printed in a Charleston newspaper in 1800.
Essay on Slavery by Nicholas Biddle
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A student essay arguing against the abolition of slavery.
Mississippi Cotton Production and Princeton Students
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A chart showing Mississippi cotton production and the number of Mississippians attending Princeton from 1800-1859.