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The Class of 1859 Prize and the Politics of “Friendship”
by Sara Krolewski Annabel Barry, and Sylvie Thode | Civil War (1861-1865), Reconstruction to Present (1865-)
Ten years after their graduation, alumni from the class of 1859 established a prize meant to demonstrate their class unity after the divisive Civil War years. Their efforts to reconcile North and South reflected a national trend to obscure serious ideological differences and the role of slavery in the Civil War.

Student Autograph Books and Collegiate Friendships
by Thomas Balcerski | Antebellum (1820-1861), Civil War (1861-1865)
Antebellum autograph books reveal the intimate, cross-sectional friendships northern and southern Princeton students formed in the years before the Civil War.

Moses Taylor Pyne and the Sugar Plantations of the Americas
by Maeve Glass | Reconstruction to Present (1865-)
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 Abolition
by Joseph Yannielli | Colonial & Early National (1746-1820), Antebellum (1820-1861), Civil War (1861-1865)
Princeton’s faculty and students actively opposed abolition, creating a climate of fear and intimidation around the subject during the 19th century. Although some Princeton affiliates were critical of slavery, the institution demonstrated a catastrophic failure of leadership on the greatest moral question of the age.

Princeton Academies and Slavery
by Zena Kesselman | Antebellum (1820-1861)
Local academies in Princeton helped maintain the relationship between the College of New Jersey and the South.
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Card Playing
1858 | Antebellum (1820-1861)
Northerners and Southerners from the class of 1859 playing cards and drinking port.

Henry Kirke White Muse
1858 | Antebellum (1820-1861)
Sketch of Henry Kirke White Muse, a Princeton student from a wealthy Louisiana family.