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Colonel Erkuries Beatty and the Business of Slavery in Princeton, New Jersey
by Andre Fernando Biehl | Colonial & Early National (1746-1820)
Erkuries Beatty (1759-1823), the second mayor of the Borough of Princeton, was one of a tight network of local elites who presided over college, church, and borough governance while continuing to benefit financially from slavery during an era of gradual emancipation.
Escape from Princeton
by Joseph Yannielli | Colonial & Early National (1746-1820)
In 1819, Princeton Mayor Erkuries Beatty engaged a recent College of New Jersey graduate to recapture his runaway slave, Joe. The incident underscores the terror and uncertainty of enslavement in central Jersey.
Princeton in the West Indies
by Jessica R. Mack | Colonial & Early National (1746-1820)
Under the leadership of President Witherspoon, the College of New Jersey launched an ill-fated campaign to secure donations from slaveholding planter elites in the West Indies.
Princeton and Slavery: Holding the Center
by Martha A. Sandweiss and Craig Hollander | Colonial & Early National (1746-1820), Antebellum (1820-1861), Civil War (1861-1865), Reconstruction to Present (1865-)
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.
Princeton’s Fugitive Slaves
by Joseph Yannielli | Colonial & Early National (1746-1820), Antebellum (1820-1861)
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.
Primary Sources
Letter from Erkuries Beatty
March 20, 1819 | Colonial & Early National (1746-1820)
A letter from Mayor Beatty to James Hunter Ewing (class of 1818), describing the runaway slave Joe.
Erkuries Beatty
| Colonial & Early National (1746-1820)
Portrait of Colonel Erkuries Beatty, the second mayor of Princeton.
Charles Beatty
| Colonial & Early National (1746-1820)
Portrait of the Rev. Charles Beatty (c.1715-1772), who traveled to the West Indies to raise funds for the college.
Castle Howard
After 1850 | Antebellum (1820-1861)
Photograph of Castle Howard, the home and farm of Princeton mayor and slave-owner Erkuries Beatty (1759-1823).