25Results for "1855"
Stories
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.
Lincoln and the Election of 1860
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Princeton students engaged in heated debates over slavery during the contentious 1860 election, in which New Jersey was the only northern state where Abraham Lincoln lost the popular vote.
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.
“Let the Southerns Come Here”: Letters of a Slaveholding Father and Son
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The extensive correspondence between antebellum Princeton student Henry Kirke White Muse and his slave-owning father illustrates the College of New Jersey’s appeal to southern students as well as its conservatism on the issue of slavery.
William Potter Ross
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William Potter Ross—a Princeton alumnus, Cherokee chief, and Confederate officer during the Civil War—advocated for Cherokee sovereignty in part by defending the practice of slavery.
Primary Sources
Autograph Book Entry by Roland Cox
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Autograph book entry by Roland Cox (class of 1863) to Ewing Graham McClure ('1862).
"A Visit to the Colored People of Princeton"
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Ann Maria Davison, a visitor from New Orleans, provided a detailed picture of Princeton's Black community in 1855.
Route of Ann Maria Davison
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Ann Maria Davison's route, drawn on John Bevan's 1852 map of Princeton and Mercer County, New Jersey.
"Gansevoort and Black Jim"
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A dialogue between former slave James Collins Johnson and Henry Sanford Gansevoort (class of 1855).
Student Exodus of 1861
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A list of southern students excused from school due to the outbreak of the Civil War.