The Oberlin-Wellington Rescue Case of 1858 showed how divided Ohio had become over the issue of slavery.
On September 13, 1858, a federal marshal in Oberlin, Ohio arrested a runaway slave named John Price. Under the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850, the federal government was required to assist slaveholders in reclaiming their runaway slaves. The marshal [...]

[ October 20, 2009; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Dr. James I. Robertson Jr., Alumni Distinguished Professor of History and Executive Director of the Virginia Center for Civil War studies at Virginia Tech, will speak on:

“Forgotten Elements of the Civil War”

Tuesday, October 20, 2009, Parker Hannifin Hall, lecture begins at 7pm with refreshments served at 6pm. Free and open to the public.

Parker Hannifin Hall
2258 [...]

Oberlin College was the first college to admit women and, in 1835, was the first college to admit African American students. While some southern states were outlawing teaching African Americans to read and write, Oberlin College was graduating both male and female black students with bachelor’s degrees. One such student to graduate from Oberlin College [...]

Abolitionists established the Ohio Anti-Slavery Society in Zanesville at a meeting held in April 1835. Among the organization’s founders were prominent abolitionists like Asa Mahan, John Rankin, Theodore Dwight Weld, and Charles Finney. Many of these men were affiliated with Oberlin College. Other organizers of the society were Quakers from the area near Mount Pleasant, [...]

The 127th Ohio Volunteer Infantry was designated as the 5th U.S. Colored Infantry. The 127th O.V.I. began organizing in August through November 1863 at Camp Delaware, Ohio. Before the regiment was mustered out on September 20, 1865 the 127th O.V.I.   lost   4 Officers and 77 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers [...]