Tusculum, Princeton · New Jersey Slavery Records

Tusculum, Princeton

Identifier: NJS-PLC-00486
Place Type: Domicile
Located In: Princeton
Description: Tusculum is a historic country estate in Princeton, New Jersey. It was originally built in 1773 for John Witherspoon, the president of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University). The property is on the National Register of Historic Places. Tusculum is a known site of enslavement as John Witherspoon held several people in bondage at the time when he resided there.
Locality: Princeton
County (Modern): Mercer County
County (Historical): Somerset County
State or Province: New Jersey
Country: United States of America
Latitude: 40.365732837345625
Longitude: -74.67144770170924
References: National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination form for Tusculum, NRIS ID 78003171, NPGallery, https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/f72ec0a2-8b5c-4b90-a1ac-d70a1210e9a1.
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tusculum_(Princeton,_New_Jersey)
Keywords: National Register of Historic Places
Image Rights: Photograph of Tusculum by Jerrye & Roy Klotz, 2007. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TUSCULUM,_PRINCETON,_MERCER_COUNTY,_NJ.jpg.
Record Contributor: Jesse Bayker