16Results for "c. 1890"
Stories
Moses Taylor Pyne and the Sugar Plantations of the Americas
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The financial contributions of Moses Taylor Pyne (Class of 1877), one of Princeton's most prominent benefactors, reveal the complex relationship between Princeton, the American sugar trade, and the slave economy.
Endowed Professorships
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Of Princeton's more than 160 endowed professorships and lectureships, four honor men who derived their fortunes from slave labor or contributed to the legacy of slavery in New Jersey and the United States.
Princeton and Slavery: Holding the Center
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Princeton University, founded as the College of New Jersey in 1746, exemplifies the central paradox of American history. From the start, liberty and slavery were intertwined.
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.
The Minstrel Tradition at Princeton University
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Princeton students performed in blackface in the 19th and 20th centuries, until as late as 1949. The legacy of Princeton’s minstrel traditions continues to live on in American culture through the popular folk song “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad.”
Primary Sources
James C. Johnson on Cannon Green
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James Collins Johnson with his wheelbarrow and dog on Cannon Green.
James C. Johnson and Young Man
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Photograph of James Collins Johnson and unknown young man, beside Johnson's wheelbarrow.