by communications@oberlinheritage.org | Feb 4, 2015 | Abolition
by Ron Gorman, Oberlin Heritage Center volunteer docent and researcher Last week the New York Times published a blog posted by Jon Grinspan that asked the question, “was abolitionism a failure?” The author answered the question with the assertion that...
by communications@oberlinheritage.org | Apr 2, 2014 | Abolition, Reconstruction Era, Women's Rights
by Ron Gorman, Oberlin Heritage Center volunteer docent In 1850, a young African American couple from Oberlin, acclaimed as up-and-coming spokespersons against slavery and racial injustice, gazed with optimism towards a future of bright hope for themselves, their...