Skip to main content Smithsonian Institution

The education of Betsey Stockton an odyssey of slavery and freedom Gregory Nobles

Catalog Data

Author:
Nobles, Gregory H.,  Search this
Physical description:
1 online resource (1 volume) illustrations
Type:
Biography
Electronic books
Biographies
Place:
New Jersey
Princeton
United States
Hawaii
Princeton (N.J.)
Date:
2022
Notes:
Elecresource
Summary:
"Betsey Stockton's Odyssey is a remarkable saga of one woman's journey from slavery to freedom--and to leadership. Once the property of Princeton University president Ashbel Green, Stockton embarked on a remarkable life after Green emancipated her. She traveled as far as the Sandwich Islands as a missionary and teacher, eventually returning to Princeton in those roles, helping to found both the First Presbyterian Church of Colour and the town's public school for black children, where she taught for nearly thirty years. The story of her life details and enlivens the complexities of African American life in the antebellum north generally and in the southern-inflected town of Princeton in particular"-- Provided by publisher
Topic:
African American women  Search this
Slaves  Search this
Freed persons  Search this
Women missionaries  Search this
Missionaries  Search this
Women teachers  Search this
Presbyterians  Search this
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1157002