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The Princeton fugitive slave the trials of James Collins Johnson /

James Collins Johnson was an escaped slave working at Princeton University in 1843 when he was arrested and tried as a fugitive. Though convicted and slated for return to slavery, he was redeemed by a local white woman. Johnson became one of the best-known vendors at Princeton over his six-decade ca...

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Main Author: Inniss, Lolita Buckner,
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Empire State Editions, An imprint of Fordham University Press, 2019.
Physical Description: xxvi, 238 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Johnson, James Collins, -- 1816-1902.
Johnson, James Collins, -- 1816-1902 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
College of New Jersey (Princeton, N.J.) -- History.
Fugitive slaves -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- New Jersey.
African Americans -- New Jersey -- Princeton -- Biography.
African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- New Jersey -- History.
Slavery -- New Jersey -- History -- 19th century.
Slavery -- Maryland -- History -- 19th century.
Table of Contents:
  • James Collins of Maryland, and his escape from slavery
  • Princeton slavery, Princeton freedom
  • The betrayal and arrest of James Collins Johnson
  • The fugitive slave trial of James Collins Johnson
  • The rescue of James Collins Johnson
  • Johnson's Princeton life after the trial.

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