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The Princeton Fugitive Slave
WINNER, NEW JERSEY STUDIES ACADEMIC ALLIANCE BOOK AWARD 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...
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The Venable Letter
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Some Venables of England and America and Brief Accounts of Families Into which Certain Venables Married
Thomas Venables (d.1683), possibly an English immigrant, married Sarah Wallis in 1729 in Burlington County, Ohio. Includes other Venables/ Venable immigrants and individuals and some of their descendants. Descendants and relatives lived in New Jersey, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana and elsewhere. Includes family history and genealogical data in England.
