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Stories
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.
The Princeton Plan
by Meagan Raker | Reconstruction to Present (1865-)
In 1948, after a century of segregation, the town of Princeton integrated the white Nassau Street School and the Black Witherspoon Street School with a system called the “Princeton Plan.” Contemporary reactions to desegregation revealed Princeton’s racial divisions as well as the Black community’s commitment to education.
What Princeton Owes to Firestone’s Exploitation of Liberia
by Jonathan Ort | Reconstruction to Present (1865-)
Forced labor in Liberia built the Firestone fortune—and transformed Princeton. The story of Firestone, Liberia, and Princeton reveals how racist exploitation entangled and enriched Nassau Hall in the century that followed the U.S. Civil War.
Primary Sources
Firestone Library's Founding Document
1944 | Reconstruction to Present (1865-)
Firestone Library's founding document, in which Princeton University agrees to advance the Firestone Rubber Company's "corporate interests" by promoting the scientific study of rubber.