Aaron Burr Sr. (1716-1757)
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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-02507
- Given Name
- Aaron
- Family Name
- Burr
- Birth Date
- 1716
- Death Date
- 1757
- Sex
- Male
- Biographical Description
- Aaron Burr Sr was an enslaver and the second president of Princeton University (then called the College of New Jersey). Born in 1716, he was a Presbyterian minister who pastored a congregation in Newark, New Jersey. He was elected president of the college in 1748 and served until his death in 1757. He initially taught students at his parsonage in Newark, and then in 1756, he oversaw the college's move to its new and permanent campus in Princeton.
- Keywords
- white person
- enslaver
- Princeton University history
- clergy
- Organization
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Princeton University
- Relationship to Princeton
- President
- Enslaver of
- Caesar
- Spouse of
- Esther Edwards Burr (1732-1758)
- References
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Shelby Lohr, "Aaron Burr Sr," Princeton & Slavery Project. https://slavery.princeton.edu/stories/aaron-burr-sr.
R. Isabela Morales, “Princeton’s Slaveholding Presidents,” Princeton & Slavery Project. https://slavery.princeton.edu/stories/slaveholding-presidents.
This person is represented on the following page(s):
Find a Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/1683 - Image Rights and Source
- Courtesy of the Princeton Art Museum
- Record Contributor
- Larissa Jimenez Gratereaux
- Princeton & Slavery Project
- Linked Events
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Additional Participant in:
- 1756-09-02 Sale: Caesar (Role: Enslaver, Buyer)
