24Results for "1853"
Stories
The Alumni Subscription Campaign of 1835
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In 1835, the Alumni Association of Nassau Hall responded to financial crisis with a fundraising campaign among Princeton alumni. Many of the donors who responded were southerners with ties to slavery.
Moses Taylor Pyne and the Sugar Plantations of the Americas
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The financial contributions of Moses Taylor Pyne (Class of 1877), one of Princeton's most prominent benefactors, reveal the complex relationship between Princeton, the American sugar trade, and the slave economy.
Princeton and Slavery: Holding the Center
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Princeton University, founded as the College of New Jersey in 1746, exemplifies the central paradox of American history. From the start, liberty and slavery were intertwined.
Princeton and the Colonization Movement
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Founded and supported by 19th-century Princeton alumni, the American Colonization Society promoted the repatriation of freed slaves to a colony in Africa. Ultimately, however, colonization was more of an intellectual movement for moderately antislavery whites than a practical option for free Black people.
The Skeleton in the Basement
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In 1853, two Princeton alumni described an event in which anatomy students stole a body from the local Black cemetery. Though potentially fictional, their story illustrates how elite white men claimed authority over Black bodies beyond the institution of slavery.
Primary Sources
Map of the United States, Canada, Mexico and the West Indies with Central America
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Map shows mid-nineteenth century geography, cities, territories, and political borders.
"A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin"
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Excerpt from Harriet Beecher Stowe's book A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin, published in one year after the original novel.
F.G. Rolando to Moses Taylor & Co.
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A letter from F.G. Rolando, a Cuban supplier, to the firm of Moses Taylor & Co.
"Scene from Real Life"
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Cartoon from a student newspaper, The Nassau Rake, depicting two white men commenting on the attractiveness of Black women in Princeton.