by communications@oberlinheritage.org | Nov 19, 2016 | Abolition
by Ron Gorman, Oberlin Heritage Center volunteer docent, researcher and trustee The recent Presidential election, in which Ohio continued its recent trend of flip-flopping between blue and red every 8 years, got me thinking about early Ohio history. It was even worse...
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by Ron Gorman, Oberlin Heritage Center volunteer docent “An act to prevent slaveholding and kidnapping in Ohio” – REPEALED! “An act to prohibit the confinement of fugitives from slavery in the jails of Ohio” – REPEALED!...
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...
by communications@oberlinheritage.org | Sep 21, 2013 | Abolition, Reconstruction Era, Women's Rights
by Ron Gorman, Oberlin Heritage Center volunteer docent The winter of 1856 was a particularly harsh one – harsh enough that the Ohio River froze solid in January, something that only happened every few years. When it did happen, enslaved Americans on the...
