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Stories
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.
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 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.
Henry Kollock
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Henry Kollock (1778-1819) was a Princeton professor, pastor, and slave owner. He appeared in the first fugitive slave narrative: Life of William Grimes, a Runaway Slave.
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.
Primary Sources
Grave of Jonathan Edwards Sr.
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Grave of Princeton president Jonathan Edwards Sr. in the Princeton Cemetery.
Statue of Joseph Henry
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Statue of Joseph Henry outside of Princeton's Frist Campus Center.
Population of Kentucky, 1790-1860
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Though the number of slaves increased in Kentucky from 1790-1860, slaves decreased as a percentage of the population from 1830 onwards.
W. E. B. DuBois's "Open Letter to Woodrow Wilson"
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Open letter to United States President Woodrow Wilson from African American scholar and civil rights activist W. E. B. DuBois. In the letter, DuBois comments on Wilson's "peculiar lack of personal acquaintance with individual black men."
James M. Priest
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Portrait of James M. Priest, Vice President of Liberia from 1864-68. Priest was born a slave in Kentucky and emigrated to Liberia with the American Colonization Society.
News
Princeton & Slavery Project Digs Deep into Town’s Past
Town Topics, 10/11/2017
Project explores Princeton's connection with slavery.
Princeton Public Library to Host Author Sharon Draper on October 24th
NJ.com, 10/10/2017
Sharon Draper will discuss her historic novel Copper Sun.
Toni Morrison Praises Princeton & Slavery Project Research
Planet Princeton, 11/27/17
Morrison gave a keynote address at the Princeton & Slavery Project Symposium in November 2017.
Toni Morrison to Deliver Keynote Address for Symposium
Nobel Prize Laureate Toni Morrison will deliver the keynote address for the Princeton & Slavery Symposium on Friday, November 17.
New Work by American Artist Titus Kaphar to Be Unveiled November 8th
Princeton University Art Museum Press Release, 10/12/2017
A new sculpture by leading American artist Titus Kaphar will be installed in front of Princeton University’s Maclean House.
Events
Creating Art from Primary Historical Sources
Thursday, November 2, 2017
6pm
Princeton Public Library
“The Princeton & Slavery Plays”: A Post-Show Community Conversation
Monday, November 20, 2017
7pm
Princeton Public Library
Author Talk: Sharon Draper
Tuesday, October 24, 2017
6pm-8pm
Princeton Public Library
Artist Talk: Titus Kaphar
Thursday, November 16, 2017
5:30pm
McCosh 10, Princeton University
Open Archives: Princeton & Slavery Library Exhibit
Monday, October 30, 2017
6:30pm
Princeton Public Library
Videos
Facing Slavery: Princeton Family Stories
Facing Slavery: Princeton Family Stories is a 55 minute documentary written and edited by Melvin McCray (Class of 1974) and produced by McCray and Martha A. Sandweiss on the occasion of the Princeton & Slavery Project symposium in November 2017.
Princeton & Slavery Project Symposium - Panel 1
"Some of What We've Learned," a panel presentation at the Princeton & Slavery Project Symposium in November 2017.
Participants: Trip Henningson ('16), Craig B. Hollander (The College of New Jersey), R. Isabela Morales (Princeton University), Lesa Redmond ('17), Joseph Yannielli (Yale University)
Moderator: Daniel J. Linke (Princeton University)
Princeton & Slavery Project Symposium - Panel 2
"How the Princeton & Slavery Project Shapes Our Broader Understanding of Universities and Slavery," a panel presentation at the Princeton & Slavery Project Symposium in November 2017.
Participants: Leslie A. Harris (Northwestern University) and Ruth J. Simmons (Brown University).
Moderator: Wallace Best (Princeton University)
Princeton & Slavery Project Symposium - Keynote
Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison opens the Princeton & Slavery Project Symposium with a keynote speech, followed by a conversation with United States Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith.
November 17, 2017
Princeton & Slavery Project Symposium - Panel 3
"How the Princeton & Slavery Project Changes Our Understanding of American History and Poses a Challenge to Historical Commemoration," a panel presentation at the Princeton & Slavery Project Symposium in November 2017.
Participants: Danielle Allen (Harvard University) and Eric Foner (Columbia University)
Moderator: Christopher Eisgruber (President of Princeton University)
Event Photos
Panel 1 - Princeton & Slavery Project Symposium
"Some of What We've Learned," a panel presentation at the Princeton & Slavery Project Symposium in November 2017.
Princeton, Slavery & Me
Students from Brian Herrera's course "Autobiographical Storytelling: Princeton, Slavery & Me," performing at the Arts Council of Princeton Community Stage.
Impressions of Liberty
Artist Titus Kaphar's art installation, Impressions of Liberty, on display outside the Maclean House on the Princeton University campus in November and December 2017.
Toni Morrison Keynote
Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison's keynote speech and conversation with Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith at the Princeton & Slavery Symposium in November 2017.
Panel 2 - Princeton & Slavery Project Symposium
"How the Princeton & Slavery Project Shapes Our Broader Understanding of Universities and Slavery," a panel presentation at the Princeton & Slavery Project Symposium in November 2017.