15Results for "June 2, 1847"
Stories
Ashbel Green
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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.
Joseph Henry and Sam Parker
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Joseph Henry spent fourteen years at the College of New Jersey, serving as Chair of Natural History between 1832 and 1846. Sam Parker, his assistant, was a free Black man.
John Anthony Simmons
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John Anthony Simmons (1802-1868) was a former slave, abolitionist, businessman, philanthropist, and prominent member of the Princeton community.
Princeton and Slavery: Holding the Center
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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.
White Supremacy at the Commencement of 1836
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Princeton student Thomas Ancrum attacked Black abolitionist minister Theodore Wright during the commencement of 1836. The incident exposed the commitment to white supremacy among college students and officials.
Primary Sources
Letter from John C. Calhoun
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A letter from John C. Calhoun, United States Senator for South Carolina, to the College of New Jersey's Board of Trustees. Calhoun thanks the trustees on behalf of "the whole Union, and, especially the South" for the college's "building up our free institutions."
Centennial College Commencement
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An advertisement for the 100th Annual Commencement of the College of New Jersey, circulated in the South.