Author: Princeton University. Class of 1871Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Record of the Class of 1871 of Princeton University
Author: Princeton University. Class of 1871Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Alphabetical Finding List
Author: Princeton University. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 758
Book Description
Special collections
Author: Princeton University. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Classified catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 640
Book Description
The Princeton Fugitive Slave
Author: Lolita Buckner InnissPublisher: Fordham Univ Press
ISBN: 0823285359
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
A study of the life of a Maryland slave, his escape to freedom in New Jersey, and the trials that ensued. James Collins Johnson made his name by escaping slavery in Maryland and fleeing to Princeton, New Jersey, where he built a life in a bustling community of African Americans working at what is now Princeton University. After only four years, he was recognized by a student from Maryland, arrested, and subjected to a trial for extradition under the 1793 Fugitive Slave Act. On the eve of his rendition, after attempts to free Johnson by force had failed, a local aristocratic white woman purchased Johnson’s freedom, allowing him to avoid re-enslavement. The Princeton Fugitive Slave reconstructs James Collins Johnson’s life, from birth and enslaved life in Maryland to his daring escape, sensational trial for re-enslavement, and last-minute change of fortune, and through to the end of his life in Princeton, where he remained a figure of local fascination. Stories of Johnson’s life in Princeton often describe him as a contented, jovial soul, beloved on campus and memorialized on his gravestone as “The Students Friend.” But these familiar accounts come from student writings and sentimental recollections in alumni reports—stories from elite, predominantly white, often southern sources whose relationships with Johnson were hopelessly distorted by differences in race and social standing. In interrogating these stories against archival records, newspaper accounts, courtroom narratives, photographs, and family histories, author Lolita Buckner Inniss builds a picture of Johnson on his own terms, piecing together the sparse evidence and disaggregating him from the other black vendors with whom he was sometimes confused. By telling Johnson’s story and examining the relationship between antebellum Princeton’s Black residents and the economic engine that supported their community, the book questions the distinction between employment and servitude that shrinks and threatens to disappear when an individual’s freedom is circumscribed by immobility, lack of opportunity, and contingency on local interpretations of a hotly contested body of law. Praise for The Princeton Fugitive Slave “Fascinating historical detective work . . . Deeply researched, the book overturns any lingering idea that Princeton was a haven from the broader society. Johnson had to cope with the casual racism of students, occasional eruptions of racial violence in town and the ubiquitous use of the N-word by even the supposedly educated. This book contributes to our understanding of slavery’s legacy today.” —Shane White, author of Prince of Darkness: The Untold Story of Jeremiah G. Hamilton, Wall Street's First Black Millionaire “Collectively, Inniss’s work provides an exciting model for future scholars of slavery and labor. Perhaps most importantly, Inniss skillfully and compassionately restores Johnson's voice to his own historical narrative.” —G. Patrick O'Brien, H-Slavery
American Book Publishing Record Cumulative, 1876-1949
Author: R.R. Bowker Company. Department of BibliographyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 904
Book Description
The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: Writings on American History
Author: Princeton Alumni Weekly
Author: Publisher: princeton alumni weekly
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1238
Book Description
Alumni Records From 1842 to 1874
Author: AnonymousPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385229626
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.
Documents of the ... Legislature of the State of New Jersey
Author: New Jersey. LegislaturePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : New Jersey
Languages : en
Pages : 2080
Book Description