22Results for "1877"
Stories
Endowed Professorships
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Of Princeton's more than 160 endowed professorships and lectureships, four honor men who derived their fortunes from slave labor or contributed to the legacy of slavery in New Jersey and the United States.
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.
Princeton’s Founding Trustees
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A firm majority of Princeton's founding trustees (sixteen out of twenty-three) bought, sold, traded, or inherited slaves during their lifetimes.
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.
Primary Sources
Alexander T. Ormond
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Photograph of Professor Alexander T. Ormond, who taught several African American graduate students during the late 19th century.
Moses Taylor Pyne
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Portrait of Moses Talyor Pyne (class of 1877), with Pyne Library in the background
Matthew Anderson
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Photo of Matthew Anderson, Princeton Theological Seminary class of 1877
Portrait of Robert Field Stockton
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A painting of Robert Field Stockton, naval officer and advocate for the American Colonization Society.