54Results for "Trenton, NJ"
Stories
The Manumission of Prime
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In 1786, an enslaved man named Prime became one of only three enslaved people to be manumitted by act of the New Jersey legislature in exchange for his service during the Revolutionary War.
Escape from Princeton
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In 1819, Princeton Mayor Erkuries Beatty engaged a recent College of New Jersey graduate to recapture his runaway slave, Joe. The incident underscores the terror and uncertainty of enslavement in central Jersey.
The Witherspoon-Jackson Community
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The Witherspoon-Jackson community, centered around Witherspoon Street, comprised the heart of Princeton’s African-American community during the 19th century.
Princeton Academies and Slavery
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Local academies in Princeton helped maintain the relationship between the College of New Jersey and the South.
Commencement Orations
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As tensions over slavery led to sectional crisis in the first half of the 19th century, Princeton’s commencement addresses became increasingly pro-slavery in tone.
Primary Sources
"Murderer Freed, Will Work Here"
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Article announcing the release of John Collins, an African American man convicted of the murder of a Princeton undergraduate in 1895.
"Edgehill School"
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An advertisement for Edgehill School printed in a Trenton newspaper.
"Rev. I. W. L. Roundtree Has Risen From Slavery's Estate"
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Newspaper article profiling I. W. L. Roundtree, a late-19th century Princeton graduate who was born a slave.
Report on Anti-Abolition Mob
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A report on an anti-abolition mob, reprinted from the Princeton Whig.
Pat
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Advertisement for a runaway slave