1873 FUGITIVE SLAVE. The Life of James Williams, Fifty Year Janitor at Trinity College, Hartford. ZZAmericanaandHistoryA rather scarce biography of the fugitive slave Janitor of Trinity College [Hartford, CT] James Williams, who was known during his near 50 years of service as "Professor Jim." Williams was born into slavery on August 3, 1788. His mother was a French Creole woman enslaved by Colonel John F. Robert in Yonkers, New York. James father, freed from slavery, visited from nearby stone quarries where he worked. According to the 1800 census, Robert held nine
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