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Stories
Princeton’s Fugitive Slaves
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Princeton residents published at least 28 newspaper advertisements for runaway slaves between 1774 and 1818. Each tells a unique story of courage and resistance in the face of tremendous odds.
Betsey Stockton
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Betsey Stockton (1798?-1865), enslaved as a child in the household of Princeton president Ashbel Green, became a prominent and respected educator in Princeton, Philadelphia, and the Sandwich Islands (present-day Hawai'i).
Aaron Burr Jr. and John Pierre Burr: A Founding Father and his Abolitionist Son
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Aaron Burr Jr. (Class of 1772), the third Vice President of the United States, fathered two children by a woman of color from Calcutta, India. Their son, John Pierre Burr (1792-1864), would become an activist, abolitionist, and conductor on the Underground Railroad.
Primary Sources
"Forty Dollars Reward" for Jack
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Newspaper advertisement for a runaway slave
Did You Know...?Money from Cuban sugar plantations drove the expansion of the Princeton campus.
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