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Stories
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.
Princeton in the West Indies
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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’s Founding Trustees
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A firm majority of Princeton's founding trustees (sixteen out of twenty-three) bought, sold, traded, or inherited slaves during their lifetimes.
Joseph Clark in Virginia (1802-1803)
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After a fire destroyed Nassau Hall in 1802, Princeton alumnus Joseph Clark canvassed Virginia on a nine-month fundraising mission. Throughout the trip, Clark relied on the hospitality and financial contributions of fellow Princeton alumni and their connections among Virginia’s slave-owning elite.
Fundraising for Nassau Hall
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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.
Primary Sources
Half Length Portrait of William Dunbar
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William Dunbar (1749-1810).
"Address to the Inhabitants of Jamaica, and Other West-India Islands"
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President John Witherspoon's address to slaveholders in the Caribbean, on behalf of the College of New Jersey.
"Negro Man" to be sold by Cezar Trent
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Advertisement for the sale of an enslaved man belonging to Cezar Trent, a prominent member of the Black community in Princeton.
Will of Jacob Ker
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The will of Jacob Ker, Class of 1758, who served as a college tutor.
Tax Receipt for Reverend Richard Treat
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Tax receipt for college trustee Reverend Richard Treat, listing "1 Negro" among his property.