30Results for "1810"
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.
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.
Princeton in the West Indies
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Under the leadership of President Witherspoon, the College of New Jersey launched an ill-fated campaign to secure donations from slaveholding planter elites in the West Indies.
Joseph Clark in Virginia (1802-1803)
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After a fire destroyed Nassau Hall in 1802, Princeton alumnus Joseph Clark canvassed Virginia on a nine-month fundraising mission. Throughout the trip, Clark relied on the hospitality and financial contributions of fellow Princeton alumni and their connections among Virginia’s slave-owning elite.
Princeton Academies and Slavery
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Local academies in Princeton helped maintain the relationship between the College of New Jersey and the South.
Primary Sources
1810 Census Entry for Andrew Bayard
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1810 census entry showing trustee Andrew Bayard owning three slaves.
"25 dollars Reward" for Caesar
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Newspaper advertisement for a runaway slave
Half Length Portrait of William Dunbar
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William Dunbar (1749-1810).
"An Essay on the Causes of the Variety of Complexion"
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Samuel Stanhope Smith's "Essay on the Cause of the Variety of Complexion and Figure in the Human Species," originally published in 1787.
Tom
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Newspaper advertisement for a runaway slave