Jonathan Dickinson (1688-1747)

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Identifier
NJS-PER-02417
Given Name
Jonathan
Family Name
Dickinson
Birth Date
1688
Death Date
1747
Sex
Male
Occupation
Religious
Teaching
Biographical Description
Jonathan Dickinson (1688-1747) was a leading Presbyterian minister during the Great Awakening. He was born in Hatfield, MA, and lived most of his life in Elizabeth, New Jersey (now called Elizabeth). He was the founding president of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University), although he died about a year after the college was established.

Dickinson was an enslaver. See Cailin Hong's essay "Jonathan Dickinson" on the Princeton & Slavery Project website for more information about Dickinson and his opinions about slavery and enslavers' responsibility for the religious education of the people they held in bondage.
Keywords
white person
enslaver
Princeton University history
clergy
Places
Elizabeth (formerly Elizabethtown)
Organization
Princeton University
Relationship to Princeton
President
Enslaver of
Genny
Related Person
Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant (1746-1793)
References

R. Isabela Morales, “Princeton’s Slaveholding Presidents,” Princeton & Slavery Project. https://slavery.princeton.edu/stories/slaveholding-presidents.

Cailin Hong, “Jonathan Dickinson,” Princeton & Slavery Project. https://slavery.princeton.edu/stories/jonathan-dickinson.

This person is represented on the following page(s):
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Dickinson_(New_Jersey_minister)
Record Contributor
Jesse Bayker
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