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"The Unsung Hero"
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"The Unsung Hero"

November 20, 1890 Reconstruction to Present (1865-)

Illustration and poem about former slave and campus vendor James Collins Johnson in the student publication, The Tiger.

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James Collins Johnson: The Princeton Fugitive Slave
Creator "A. S." and "W. S. W." Source

A. S. “The Unsung Hero.” The Tiger, Vol. 1, No. 4 (20 November 1890): 43.

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Princeton University Archives

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