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Stories
James Collins Johnson: The Princeton Fugitive Slave
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James Collins Johnson, a fugitive slave freed after an 1843 trial in Princeton, became a prominent figure in town and on campus over the course of his many decades working at the College of New Jersey.
What Princeton Owes to Firestone’s Exploitation of Liberia
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Forced labor in Liberia built the Firestone fortune—and transformed Princeton. The story of Firestone, Liberia, and Princeton reveals how racist exploitation entangled and enriched Nassau Hall in the century that followed the U.S. Civil War.
Primary Sources
"150 minority students sit-in at Firestone"
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Front page of The Daily Princetonian from March 13, 1971, covering a student protest at Firestone Library.
Did You Know...?African Americans worked on campus as students, staff, and teaching assistants.
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