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Princeton’s Fugitive Slaves
by Joseph Yannielli | Colonial & Early National (1746-1820), Antebellum (1820-1861)
Princeton residents published at least 28 newspaper advertisements for runaway slaves between 1774 and 1818. Each tells a unique story of courage and resistance in the face of tremendous odds.
Legislating Slavery in New Jersey
by Geneva Smith | Colonial & Early National (1746-1820), Antebellum (1820-1861)
The development of New Jersey’s legal code relating to slavery was marked by internal divisions. Ultimately, slavery was not fully abolished in the state until the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment in 1865.
James Collins Johnson: The Princeton Fugitive Slave
by Lolita Buckner Inniss | Antebellum (1820-1861)
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.
Slavery in the Witherspoon Family
by Lesa Redmond | Colonial & Early National (1746-1820)
As Princeton president John Witherspoon’s children married and left New Jersey, their relationships to slavery were shaped by the political climate and economy of their new homes throughout the North and South.
Princeton and Abolition
by Joseph Yannielli | Colonial & Early National (1746-1820), Antebellum (1820-1861), Civil War (1861-1865)
Princeton’s faculty and students actively opposed abolition, creating a climate of fear and intimidation around the subject during the 19th century. Although some Princeton affiliates were critical of slavery, the institution demonstrated a catastrophic failure of leadership on the greatest moral question of the age.
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Indenture for Lucy
March 19, 1793 | Colonial & Early National (1746-1820)
An indenture for "Negro Girl Lucy," signed by Jediah Higgins and Ralph Sansberry.