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The Secret Rooms of the Fitches

by communications@oberlinheritage.org | Oct 20, 2013 | Abolition

by Ron Gorman, Oberlin Heritage Center volunteer docent One of the most romanticized aspects of the Underground Railroad is the secret rooms and tunnels that were used to hide enslaved people seeking their freedom.  And naturally it would be expected that a staunchly...

William T. Allan – Lane Rebel from the South

by communications@oberlinheritage.org | Aug 12, 2013 | Abolition

by Ron Gorman, Oberlin Heritage Center volunteer docent I’ve decided for my next two blog entries to tell the stories of two Southern rebels who had a tremendous  impact on pre-Civil War Oberlin.  But these weren’t Confederate rebels, they were Southern...

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