William Bainbridge - No Slavery Ties

Bainbridge Street is named after William Bainbridge (born May 7, 1774, in Princeton, New Jersey; died July 28, 1833). He was a Commodore in the United States Navy and known for his victory during the War of 1812. In his younger years he commanded a trading ship that engaged in commerce with the British West Indies, although navigation laws prohibited American trading vessels from doing business with the British West Indies.