Thomas Wiggins (1731-1804)
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This white person has 2 related events in the database, listed at the bottom of this page.
This person is related to Princeton University history. See our Princeton University research guide for more information about finding Princeton affiliates and campus locations in the New Jersey Slavery Records database.
- Identifier
- NJS-PER-02452
- Given Name
- Thomas
- Family Name
- Wiggins
- Birth Date
- 1731
- Death Date
- 1804
- Sex
- Male
- Occupation
- Medical and Funerary
- Biographical Description
- Dr. Thomas Wiggins was an enslaver who resided in Princeton, NJ, in the late 18th century. He was a physician. He served as the treasurer of Princeton University (then called the College of New Jersey) and bequeathed land to the Presbyterian Church in Princeton, a portion of which was used to expand the Princeton Cemetery.
- Keywords
- white person
- enslaver
- Princeton University history
- Places
- Princeton
- Organization
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Princeton University
- Relationship to Princeton
- Officer
- References
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Joseph Yannielli, "Princeton's Fugitive Slaves," Princeton & Slavery, https://slavery.princeton.edu/stories/runaways.
This person is represented on the following page(s):
WikiTree: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Wiggins-5511
Find a Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7959522/thomas-wiggins - Record Contributor
- Indy Davis
- Princeton & Slavery Project
- Linked Sources
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Author:
- Slave sale ad for 12-year-old Black boy, by Thomas Wiggins (Slave sale ad for 12-year-old Black boy, by Thomas Wiggins, New-Jersey State Gazette, December 30, 1794.)
- Slave sale ad for a 17-year old Black girl, by Thomas Wiggins (Slave sale ad for a 17-year old Black girl, by Thomas Wiggins, "TO BE SOLD," New-Jersey Gazette, January 10, 1781.)
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Additional Participant in:
- 1781-01-10 Advertisement: Black girl aged 17 (Role: Enslaver, Advertiser)
- 1794-12-24 Advertisement: Black boy aged 12 (Role: Enslaver, Advertiser)