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Princeton and the Confederacy
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Hundreds of Princeton alumni served the Confederacy as soldiers, officers, and political leaders. Yet Princeton’s close involvement with the Confederate States of America has received surprisingly little scholarly attention until recently.
Princeton and the Civil War
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The Civil War divided Princeton as well as the United States along regional lines, complicating the university’s patriotic history of wartime service as students and alumni fought in both the Union and Confederate forces.
Abel Upshur
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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.
Samuel Hopkins and the Paradoxical Legacy of Jonathan Edwards Sr.
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Patriot and theologian Samuel Hopkins (1721-1803) vigorously opposed slavery throughout his life. Paradoxically, his antislavery theology was inspired by his mentor, the slave-owning Princeton president Jonathan Edwards Sr.
Princetonians in Virginia
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The College of New Jersey attracted large numbers of Virginia students in the 18th and 19th centuries, contributing to Princeton’s reputation as a school for southerners. This essay focuses on three students from Virginia whose careers as clergymen and educators reflected evolving arguments about slavery and emancipation from the Revolutionary War to the Civil War.
Primary Sources
"Forty Dollars Reward" for Jack
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Newspaper advertisement for a runaway slave
"Negro Wench" to be sold to Ellitt Howell
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Newspaper advertisement for a slave purchase
"Forty Dollars Reward"
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Newspaper advertisement for a runaway slave
Anthony Groves
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Newspaper advertisement for a "Negro Indented Servant Man" who ran away.
Tom
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Newspaper advertisement for a runaway slave
News
Princeton & Slavery Project Confronts the University’s Connections to Slavery
U.S. 1 Newspaper, 11/15/2017
What began as a scholarly investigation into Princeton University’s connection to American slavery became a very public discussion when the Princeton & Slavery Project launched a series of public events, including a symposium, a series of plays, art installations, and community conversations.
Report on Slavery and Racism in the History of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 12/12/18
In late 2017, Southern Seminary President R. Albert Mohler Jr. appointed a committee of six persons to prepare a report on the legacy of slavery and racism in the history of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.
The report cites the Princeton & Slavery Project as a primary model.