2Results for "1948-49"
Stories
Princeton and Abolition
|
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.
Primary Sources
Photograph from "All in Favor"
|
Photograph of Princeton students in blackface during the Triangle Club's performance of "All in Favor," which the New York Times called "a faithful imitation of the old-time minstrel show."
Did You Know...?Money from Cuban sugar plantations drove the expansion of the Princeton campus.
Read More