The Princeton fugitive slave : the trials of James Collins Johnson / Lolita Buckner Inniss.
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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| Other title: | Trials of James Collins Johnson. |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Empire State Editions, An imprint of Fordham University Press,
[2019]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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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.