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Stories
Cezar Trent
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Cezar Trent, one of the elite free Black citizens of antebellum Princeton, was the employee of a prominent landowner, the object of a town resident's published recollections, and a slave owner himself.
Slavery at the President's House
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At least five Princeton presidents who served between 1756 and 1822 owned enslaved people who lived, worked—and on one occasion were auctioned off—at the President’s House on campus. During this period, the President’s House was the center of slavery at Princeton.
Samuel Finley
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Presbyterian minister Samuel Finley (1715-1766) was one of the College of New Jersey’s founding trustees and its fifth president. Upon his death in 1766, six of his slaves were sold at the President’s House on campus.
Princeton’s Founding Trustees
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A firm majority of Princeton's founding trustees (sixteen out of twenty-three) bought, sold, traded, or inherited slaves during their lifetimes.
Princeton's Slaveholding Professors
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Many faculty members at the College of New Jersey owned slaves during the first century of the college’s history.
Primary Sources
"Negro Servant"
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An ad to sell a slave placed by Samuel Stanhope Smith in 1784.
"Negro Girl" to be sold by Elijah Slack
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A slave sale advertised by Princeton Professor Elijah Slack.
"Negro Boy" to be sold by Thomas Wiggins
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Newspaper advertisement for a slave sale.
"Black Woman" to be sold by John Gifford
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Newspaper advertisement for a slave sale
"Negro Man" to be sold by Charity Millet
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Newspaper advertisement for a slave sale
News
Princeton Research Project Explores Past Ties to Slavery
Princeton University, 11/6/17
That a slave sale took place on campus and that the first nine Princeton presidents were slaveholders at some point in their lives are two of the major findings from a sweeping new endeavor by Princeton scholars and students to explore the ties of early University trustees, presidents, faculty and students to the institution of slavery.
Princeton University Launches Princeton & Slavery Website
The Daily Princetonian, 11/6/17
The Princeton & Slavery Project explores how early University trustees, faculty, and students were connected to the institution of slavery.
A Slave Auction, Slave-Owning Presidents: Princeton University Unveils a Dark Past
NJ.com, 11/8/17
The project sheds light on how slavery was a part of daily life for early Princeton faculty and students.
Author Toni Morrison Delivers Keynote at Princeton Slavery Symposium
NJ.com, 11/19/17
Morrison’s address explores Princeton University’s historical ties to the institution of slavery.
Princeton University’s Ties to Slavery Explored During Symposium
Princeton Patch, 11/15/17
The symposium is part of four days of programming related to the Princeton & Slavery Project.