John Morgan
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This white person has 1 related event in the database, listed at the bottom of this page.
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- Identifier
- NJS-PER-02488
- Given Name
- John
- Family Name
- Morgan
- Sex
- Male
- Biographical Description
- John Morgan was the oldest son of Colonel George Morgan, the proprietor of the Prospect Farm in Princeton (which is now part of Princeton University's campus). John graduated from Princeton in 1789. In 1804, he sold Prospect Farm to John I. Craig. Around the same time, he also advertised several enslaved Black people for sale, noting that he was selling them because he planned to leave New Jersey.
- Keywords
- white person
- enslaver
- Princeton University history
- Organization
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Princeton University
- Relationship to Princeton
- Alumnus
- Child of
- George Morgan (1743-1810)
- References
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Kathryn Fluehr, “Prospect Farm,” Princeton & Slavery Project. https://slavery.princeton.edu/stories/prospect-farm.
- Record Contributor
- Larissa Jimenez Gratereaux
- Princeton & Slavery Project
- Linked Sources
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Author:
- Slave sale ad for a Black woman, 11-year-old girl, and 10-year-old boy, by John Morgan (Slave sale ad for a Black woman, 11-year-old girl, and 10-year-old boy, by John Morgan, "For Sale," True American, April 23, 1804.)
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Additional Participant in:
- 1804-04-12 Advertisement: Black woman, girl, and boy (Role: Enslaver, Advertiser)
