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Abel Upshur

by Matthew Karp | Colonial & Early National (1746-1820), Antebellum (1820-1861)

Abel Upshur’s political career began and ended with Princeton: in 1807, he was booted from the college for leading a student rebellion; in 1844, he was killed in an explosion aboard the U.S.S. Princeton. In the years between, Upshur was one the most influential pro-slavery statesmen in the antebellum United States.
Did You Know...?A fugitive slave worked on the Princeton campus. Read More