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West, Stephen to Ezra Stiles and Samuel Hopkins, 1774 January 4

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Collection Creator:
Princeton University. Library. Special Collections and Witherspoon, John (1723-1794)
Dates:
1774 January 4
Located In:
Box 3, Folder 12
Extent:
1 folder
Languages:
English
Scope and Contents

ALS concerning plans to send two unnamed black members of the First Congregational Church in Newport, Rhode Island (known to be the freedmen Bristol Yamma and John Quamine) to Princeton for private study with John Witherspoon.

Samuel Hopkins was the driving force behind a project to resettle theologically trained black men in Africa with the goal to missionize the continent and, as a result, halt the further enslavement of Africans.

While Quamine and Yamma did study with John Witherspoon, neither of them ultimately did missionary work in Africa. John Quamine fell in the Revolutionary War in 1779 while serving on a privateer trying to win prize money to buy his wife Dutchess's freedom. Hopkins left Newport during the British occupation, delaying his plans. In 1793, he was again planning to send Bristol Yamma overseas (to Sierra Leone), but the plan failed and Yamma died in North Carolina in 1794.

An overview of religiously motivated resettlement schemes in Rhode Island in the late 18th century may be found in the following article: George E. Brooks, Jr. "The Providence African Society's Sierra Leone Emigration Scheme, 1794-1795: Prologue to the African Colonization Movement." The International Journal of African Historical Studies 7:2, (1974). 183-202).

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Collection is open for research use.

Conditions Governing Use

Single copies may be made for research purposes. To cite or publish quotations that fall within Fair Use, as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission is required. For instances beyond Fair Use, it is the responsibility of the researcher to determine whether any permissions related to copyright, privacy, publicity, or any other rights are necessary for their intended use of the Library's materials, and to obtain all required permissions from any existing rights holders, if they have not already done so. Princeton University Library's Special Collections does not charge any permission or use fees for the publication of images of materials from our collections, nor does it require researchers to obtain its permission for said use. The department does request that its collections be properly cited and images credited. More detailed information can be found on the Copyright, Credit and Citations Guidelines page on our website. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us through the Ask Us! form.

Credit this material:

West, Stephen to Ezra Stiles and Samuel Hopkins; John Witherspoon Collection, C0274, Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library

Storage Note:
Firestone Library (mss)
Box 3
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

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Scope and Contents

ALS concerning plans to send two unnamed black members of the First Congregational Church in Newport, Rhode Island (known to be the freedmen Bristol Yamma and John Quamine) to Princeton for private study with John Witherspoon.

Samuel Hopkins was the driving force behind a project to resettle theologically trained black men in Africa with the goal to missionize the continent and, as a result, halt the further enslavement of Africans.

While Quamine and Yamma did study with John Witherspoon, neither of them ultimately did missionary work in Africa. John Quamine fell in the Revolutionary War in 1779 while serving on a privateer trying to win prize money to buy his wife Dutchess's freedom. Hopkins left Newport during the British occupation, delaying his plans. In 1793, he was again planning to send Bristol Yamma overseas (to Sierra Leone), but the plan failed and Yamma died in North Carolina in 1794.

An overview of religiously motivated resettlement schemes in Rhode Island in the late 18th century may be found in the following article: George E. Brooks, Jr. "The Providence African Society's Sierra Leone Emigration Scheme, 1794-1795: Prologue to the African Colonization Movement." The International Journal of African Historical Studies 7:2, (1974). 183-202).

Arrangement

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Access & Use

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research use.

Conditions Governing Use

Single copies may be made for research purposes. To cite or publish quotations that fall within Fair Use, as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission is required. For instances beyond Fair Use, it is the responsibility of the researcher to determine whether any permissions related to copyright, privacy, publicity, or any other rights are necessary for their intended use of the Library's materials, and to obtain all required permissions from any existing rights holders, if they have not already done so. Princeton University Library's Special Collections does not charge any permission or use fees for the publication of images of materials from our collections, nor does it require researchers to obtain its permission for said use. The department does request that its collections be properly cited and images credited. More detailed information can be found on the Copyright, Credit and Citations Guidelines page on our website. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us through the Ask Us! form.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

For preservation reasons, original analog and digital media may not be read or played back in the reading room. Users may visually inspect physical media but may not remove it from its enclosure. All analog audiovisual media must be digitized to preservation-quality standards prior to use. Audiovisual digitization requests are processed by an approved third-party vendor. Please note, the transfer time required can be as little as several weeks to as long as several months and there may be financial costs associated with the process. Requests should be directed through the Ask Us Form.

Credit this material:

West, Stephen to Ezra Stiles and Samuel Hopkins; John Witherspoon Collection, C0274, Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library

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Storage Note:
Firestone Library (mss)
Box 3

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Existence and Location of Originals

One box of the collection consists entirely of photocopies of correspondence, documents, and other papers, the originals of which can be found in the collection, the Library of Congress, the Presbyterian Historical Society, and other locations.

Names:
College of New Jersey (Princeton, N.J.)
Presbyterian church in the U.S.A.
Princeton University
Rush, Benjamin (1746-1813)