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Author:
Inniss, Lolita Buckner, author.
Title:
The Princeton fugitive slave : the trials of James Collins Johnson / Lolita Buckner Inniss.
Publisher:
Empire State Editionsan imprint of Fordham University Press,
Copyright Date:
2019
Description:
xxvi, 238 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject:
Johnson, James Collins.
Princeton University--History.
Princeton University.
Fugitive slaves--Legal status, laws, etc.--New Jersey.
African Americans--New Jersey--Biography.
African Americans--History.--New Jersey--History.
Slavery--New Jersey--History.
African Americans.
African Americans--Legal status, laws, etc.
Fugitive slaves--Legal status, laws, etc.
Slavery.
New Jersey.
Biography.
History.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-227) and index.
Summary:
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 career.
ISBN:
0823285340
9780823285341
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1085967272
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
UUAX975 -- Briar Cliff University - Mueller Library (Sioux City)

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