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In 1835, 32 students from Cincinnati’s Lane Seminary became frustrated with the school’s pro-slavery politics.John J. Shipherd, a co-founder of Oberlin College, convinced the students to come up north to Oberlin to continue their education.The students refused to attend the school unless staff complied with their abolitionist demands and allowed African American students to attend.The […]
The Oberlin Heritage Center will hold its annual meeting at 6 p.m., April 10, at the Hotel at Oberlin, 10 E. College St. The night will feature keynote speaker Christina Hartlieb, who is the executive director of the Harriet Beecher Stowe House in Cincinnati. Hartlieb, who will present the program, “Why did the Lane Rebels […]
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Upstate’s forgotten abolitionists: Theodore Weld was the ‘most mobbed man in America’ Updated Feb 24, 2021; Facebook Share Upstate New York was a hotbed in the 19th century for the abolitionist movement and the Underground Railroad. Names like Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass and Gerrit Smith are familiar. But there were also valiant figures from the region, white and Black, who fought for the end of slavery whose names have faded into history. During this Black History Month, after searching through old newspapers and websites, we take a look back at some of Upstate New York’s for...