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Stories
The Civil War Comes to Princeton in 1861
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Tensions between Unionist and Secessionist students reached their peak in 1861, shortly after the outbreak of the Civil War.
Princeton and South Carolina
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Princeton alumni from South Carolina owned successful plantations, large numbers of slaves, and served as leaders in the Confederate cause during the Civil War.
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.
Cezar Trent
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Cezar Trent, one of the elite free Black citizens of antebellum Princeton, was the employee of a prominent landowner, the object of a town resident's published recollections, and a slave owner himself.
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.
Primary Sources
Student Exodus of 1861
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A list of southern students excused from school due to the outbreak of the Civil War.
James C. Johnson circa 1861
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Photograph of James Collins Johnson, campus vendor and former fugitive slave.
Land Grant Certificate for James Holcomb Muse
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This certificate details the land purchased by James H. Muse in Louisiana in 1861.
Autograph Book Entry by Samuel Comfort
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Autograph book entry from Samuel Comfort to Winfield Purviance ('1861).
Autograph Book Entry by Henry Stinnecke
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Autograph book entry from Henry Stinnecke to Winfield Purviance ('1861).