Princeton and Abolition

Joseph Yannielli

Princeton and Abolition

Joseph Yannielli

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Abstract

Princeton’s faculty and students actively opposed abolition, creating a climate of fear and intimidation around the subject during the 19th century. Although some Princeton affiliates were critical of slavery, the institution demonstrated a catastrophic failure of leadership on the greatest moral question of the age.

Original language	English
Media of output	Online
Publication status	Published - 2017

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African Americans on Campus, 1746-1876
Yannielli, J., 2017
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Escape from Princeton
Yannielli, J., 2017
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Princeton and Liberia
Yannielli, J., 2017
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African Americans on Campus, 1746-1876

Escape from Princeton

Princeton and Liberia

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