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The Witherspoon-Jackson Community
by Rina Azumi | Colonial & Early National (1746-1820), Antebellum (1820-1861)
The Witherspoon-Jackson community, centered around Witherspoon Street, comprised the heart of Princeton’s African-American community during the 19th century.
Princeton's Slaveholding Professors
by Jessica R. Mack | Colonial & Early National (1746-1820), Antebellum (1820-1861)
Many faculty members at the College of New Jersey owned slaves during the first century of the college’s history.
Ashbel Green
by R. Isabela Morales | Colonial & Early National (1746-1820), Antebellum (1820-1861)
Although Princeton president Ashbel Green condemned slavery on moral grounds, his religious convictions did not keep him from owning or hiring enslaved people himself—including at least three who lived and worked in his house on campus.
Fundraising for Nassau Hall
by Ryan Dukeman | Colonial & Early National (1746-1820)
Many of the donors and fundraisers who contributed to the construction of Nassau Hall had substantial personal, familial, or business ties to slavery and the slave trade.
John Anthony Simmons
by Rina Azumi | Antebellum (1820-1861)
John Anthony Simmons (1802-1868) was a former slave, abolitionist, businessman, philanthropist, and prominent member of the Princeton community.
Primary Sources
Bill of Sale for Lydia
January 19, 1799 | Colonial & Early National (1746-1820)
Bill of sale for an enslaved woman named Lydia to Professor John Maclean Sr.
"Negro Girl" to be sold by Elijah Slack
August 8, 1816 | Colonial & Early National (1746-1820)
A slave sale advertised by Princeton Professor Elijah Slack.
"Twenty-Four Dollars Reward" for Mary
July 21, 1795 | Colonial & Early National (1746-1820)
Newspaper advertisement for a runaway slave
Elsy Murray
May 14, 1818 | Colonial & Early National (1746-1820)
Newspaper advertisement for a runaway slave
"Eight Dollars Reward" for Mary
December 31, 1793 | Colonial & Early National (1746-1820)
Newspaper advertisement for a runaway slave