Ashbel Green
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Ashbel Green, D.D. (July 6, 1762 - May 19, 1848) was an American Presbyterian minister and academic. He served as a sergeant of the New Jersey militia during the American Revolution, and went on to study with Dr. John Witherspoon and graduate valedictorian from Princeton University in 1783. Green later became the third Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives from 1792 to 1800, and the eighth (and highly unpopular, due to what many students saw as his heavy-handed leadership style) President of Princeton University, from 1812 to 1822.
He emancipated his family's slave Betsey Stockton in 1817, taught her and recommended her as a missionary to the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, making her the first single female overseas missionary. He also published a periodical entitled the Christian Advocate.
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| Preceded by Samuel Stanhope Smith |
President of the College of New Jersey 1812–1822 |
Succeeded by Philip Lindsly, acting |
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