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Henry Kollock
by Jessica R. Mack | Colonial & Early National (1746-1820)
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.
Cezar Trent
by Brett Diehl | Antebellum (1820-1861)
Cezar Trent, one of the elite free Black citizens of antebellum Princeton, was the employee of a prominent landowner, the object of a town resident's published recollections, and a slave owner himself.
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 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.
Peter Scudder
by Brett Diehl | Antebellum (1820-1861), Civil War (1861-1865)
Peter Scudder rose from humble beginnings to become a successful businessman and a notable member of the free Black community in Princeton.
Primary Sources
Letter from Sarah Gibbes to John Gibbes
1783 | Colonial & Early National (1746-1820), Antebellum (1820-1861)
A letter from Sarah Gibbes to her son John Gibbes (Class of 1784) in which she encourages him to maintain ties to the Boudinots and Stocktons, wealthy New Jersey families.
Inventory of Estate for Robert Gibbes
October, 1794 | Colonial & Early National (1746-1820), Antebellum (1820-1861)
A list of enslaved people belonging to Robert Gibbes of South Carolina.
Half Length Portrait of William Dunbar
Unknown | Colonial & Early National (1746-1820)
William Dunbar (1749-1810).
"Address to the Inhabitants of Jamaica, and Other West-India Islands"
1772 | Colonial & Early National (1746-1820)
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
January 12, 1795 | Colonial & Early National (1746-1820)
Advertisement for the sale of an enslaved man belonging to Cezar Trent, a prominent member of the Black community in Princeton.