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 | Mar 22, 2016 | Abolition, Women's Rights
by Ron Gorman, Oberlin Heritage Center volunteer docent, researcher, and trustee Oberlin’s history is chock-full of people who have gained national and international recognition for their achievements, like Antoinette Brown (Blackwell) – the first female...
by communications@oberlinheritage.org | Dec 17, 2015 | Abolition, Oberlin and the Civil War, Reconstruction Era, Women's Rights
by Ron Gorman, Oberlin Heritage Center volunteer docent, researcher and trustee Frances (“Fanny”) Jackson came to Oberlin in 1860 with a dream – a dream “to get an education and to teach my people”, she said. “This idea was deep in...
by communications@oberlinheritage.org | Jul 23, 2015 | Abolition
by Ron Gorman, Oberlin Heritage Center volunteer docent, researcher, and trustee July 23, 2015 In my last blog, I wrote about how Juneteenth became a national celebration of the end of slavery in the United States. But before there was a Juneteenth, there was the...
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. ...
