Robert Finley (1772-1817)

Name: Robert Finley (1772-1817)
Identifier: NJS-PER-01508
Given Name: Robert
Family Name: Finley
Birth Date: 1772
Death Date: 3 November 1817
Sex: Male
Description: Rev. Robert Finley was a Presbyterian clergyman and the chief founder of the American Colonization Society. He was born in Princeton and graduated from the College of New Jersey (later Princeton University) at the age of 15. He was the pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Basking Ridge, NJ, from 1795 to 1817. In 1817, shortly before his death, he became the president of the University of Georgia and moved to Athens, Georgia.
Organization: American Colonization Society
Same As: Robert Finley (Wikipedia)
Bibliographic Citation: Hollander, Craig. Princeton and the Colonization Movement. Princeton & Slavery website.
Source Resource: https://records.njslavery.org/api/items/3631
Source Site: https://records.njslavery.org/s/doc/page/home
Occupation: Religious; Teaching
Contributor: Jesse Bayker

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