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Jonathan Dickinson
by Cailin Hong | Colonial & Early National (1746-1820)
Jonathan Dickinson, a prominent figure in the Great Awakening of the mid-18th century, served as Princeton’s first president. Genny, an enslaved girl he purchased in 1733, may have worked beside him and his students in the college’s earliest years.

Princeton’s Influence on Southern Higher Education
by Cailin Hong | Colonial & Early National (1746-1820)
Princeton-educated ministers and teachers established schools across Virginia, North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, South Carolina, and Georgia in the 18th and early 19th centuries.