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Two Women, a Man, and Three Children
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An advertisement announcing the estate sale of President Samuel Finley, held at the President's House on campus.
Estate Inventory of John Maclean Sr.
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Inventory from the estate of John Maclean Sr., listing two slaves, a "Negro Girl Sal" and "Negro Boy Charles."
Receipt for hire of enslaved man Cesar
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Richard Stockton submitted this account to the Trustees of the College of New Jersey after hiring out an enslaved man named Cesar to the college for unspecified work. Although Princeton as an institution never owned enslaved people, this document shows that the college did directly engage enslaved laborers for work on campus.
James C. Johnson circa 1860
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Photograph of former slave James Collins Johnson.
Student Exodus of 1861
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A list of southern students excused from school due to the outbreak of the Civil War.