Aaron Burr Jr. and John Pierre Burr: A Founding Father and his Abolitionist Son

Authors

Sherri Burr, University of New Mexico - School of LawFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

5-2020

Abstract

Aaron Burr Jr. (Class of 1772), the third Vice President of the United States, fathered two children by a woman of color from Calcutta, India. Their son, John Pierre Burr (1792-1864), would become an activist, abolitionist, and conductor on the Underground Railroad.

Publisher

The Trustees of Princeton University

Publication Title

Princeton & Slavery

First Page

1

Last Page

12

Recommended Citation

Sherri Burr, Aaron Burr Jr. and John Pierre Burr: A Founding Father and his Abolitionist Son, Princeton & Slavery 1 (2020).
Available at: https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/law_facultyscholarship/794