Juneteenth – the “extinction” of legalized slavery in America

by communications@oberlinheritage.org | Jun 12, 2015 | Abolition, Oberlin and the Civil War

by Ron Gorman, Oberlin Heritage Center volunteer docent, researcher and trustee This year marks the 150th anniversary of the first “Juneteenth” – June 19, 1865 – a day which has come to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States. ...

“Odious business” in Oberlin: Northern States’ Rights, Part 3

by communications@oberlinheritage.org | Jan 23, 2014 | Abolition

by Ron Gorman, Oberlin Heritage Center volunteer docent “An act to prevent slaveholding and kidnapping in Ohio” – REPEALED! “An act to prohibit the confinement of fugitives from slavery in the jails of Ohio” – REPEALED!...