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John Pierre Burr (June 1792 – April 4, 1864) was an American abolitionist and community leader in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, active in education and civil rights for African Americans.
John Pierre Burr was the son of Aaron Burr Jr., a Princeton alumnus and the third Vice President of the United States. He became an activist and conductor on the Underground Railroad, despite his family's slaveholding history and his own mixed-race heritage.
John Pierre Burr was a barber, a conductor on the Underground Railroad and a fierce advocate for freedom and justice. He was also the son of Vice President Aaron Burr and Mary Emmons, a servant in his household, according to new research by his descendant Sherri Burr.
John Pierre became a conductor on the Underground Railroad and a champion for African American voting rights in Pennsylvania, and for recruiting U.S. Colored Troops to fight for freedom during the Civil War. Burr spent the winter of 1777-1778 at The Ghent military outpost, near Valley Forge.
Mary Eugenie Emmons lived in Philadelphia and had two children, Louisa Charlotte Burr, born in 1788, and John (Jean) Pierre Burr, born in 1792. Both Burrs became prominent members of the so-called “Colored” community in 19th century Philadelphia and married free African Americans.
John Pierre Burr was a community leader, educator and civil rights activist in Philadelphia. He signed the broadside to recruit USCT, supported the Underground Railroad and the Christiana Resistance, and may be the son of Aaron Burr.
John Pierre Burr (1792-1864) was the abolitionist son of Aaron Burr Jr. ('1772) and Mary Emmons of Calcutta, India. He was a Princeton alumnus and a founder of the American Anti-Slavery Society.
