James “Jimmy Stink” Collins Johnson lived in Princeton for most of his life after escaping from slavery in Maryland. Johnson was born on October 2, 1816 to two slaves in Easton, Maryland. Johnson was eventually given to the master’s son who at the time was only a month other than Johnson.. James married a free […]

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