James Collins Johnson (Q490999)
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Entrepreneur
Slave
James Collins Johnson
Born Enslaved. Free before 13th Amendment. Tried in 1843 in what became known as the Princeton Fugitive Slave case, Johnson was nearly re-enslaved until a local woman intervened and bought his freedom.