compiled & edited by Daniel Hagadorn Note these additional examples of the anti-slavery positions resolutely embraced by several influential American figures: JOHN WITHERSPOON (1723-1794)… Founding Father… Signatory Declaration of Independence & Articles of Confederation… President of Princeton University [6th] (1768-1794)… Delegate to Continental Congress [NJ] (1776-1782) “[I]t is certainly unlawful to make inroads upon others [...]