Site Search
73Results for "September%201861"
Stories
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.
Princeton’s Founding Trustees
by Michael R. Glass | Colonial & Early National (1746-1820)
A firm majority of Princeton's founding trustees (sixteen out of twenty-three) bought, sold, traded, or inherited slaves during their lifetimes.
The Potter Family of Prospect and Palmer Houses
by Trip Henningson | Antebellum (1820-1861)
Prospect House and Palmer House, both now University properties, have deep links to the Potters—a slaveholding family with strong ties to Georgia as well as to Princeton and the College of New Jersey.
Ashbel Green
by R. Isabela Morales | Colonial & Early National (1746-1820), Antebellum (1820-1861)
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.
Primary Sources
"The Borough Jail"
September 28, 1846 | Antebellum (1820-1861)
A description of the Princeton jail, located in the Witherspoon-Jackson neighborhood.
Commencement Address by James McDowell
September 26, 1838 | Antebellum (1820-1861)
A pro-slavery address delivered by James McDowell (class of 1817) at the Princeton commencement for the class of 1838.
Pumping Incident Parade
September 1861 | Civil War (1861-1865)
A pencil drawing of the parade given to the three students dismissed in the "Pumping Incident" on campus during the Civil War.
Tom
September 17, 1810 | Colonial & Early National (1746-1820)
Newspaper advertisement for a runaway slave
Sketch of Princeton in 1847
9 September 1847 | Antebellum (1820-1861)
Sketch of Princeton in 1847 by 19th century folk artist Lewis Miller.
News
Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on Principles to Govern Renaming and Changes to Campus Iconography
Princeton University, 3/29/21
In September 2020, the Trustees of Princeton University convened the Ad Hoc Committee on Principles to Govern Renaming and Changes to Campus Iconography.