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Indians, Slavery and Princeton
by Alfred L. Bush | Colonial & Early National (1746-1820), Antebellum (1820-1861), Civil War (1861-1865), Reconstruction to Present (1865-)
Princeton’s history of Indian education, dating back to the 18th century, illustrates white Americans’ ambivalent views of American Indians.

William Potter Ross
by Jessica R. Mack | Antebellum (1820-1861), Civil War (1861-1865)
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.

A Southern Woman in "Negro Town"
by R. Isabela Morales | Antebellum (1820-1861)
On an 1855 trip to Princeton, Louisianan Ann Maria Davison visited fourteen homes in the town’s black neighborhood. Davison’s observations convinced her that Princeton’s free black residents were intelligent and hard-working people fully capable of supporting themselves and their families—a position that contradicted common arguments in favor of slavery.

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.
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Andrew Kirkpatrick
1871 | Colonial & Early National (1746-1820)
Portrait of Andrew Kirkpatrick (class of 1775), Princeton trustee and slaveholder

William Potter Ross
1880 | Reconstruction to Present (1865-)
Portrait of William Potter Ross, principal chief of the Cherokee Nation from 1871 to 1875.