Ohio · locality file

Oberlin

7 dossiers on record ·

The record for Oberlin opens with Oberlin College and Oberlin-Wellington Rescue Monument — 5 more files sit in the drawer below.

The 1833 college—first to admit women and Black students—dense with lore.

The 1858 rescue—when the town defied the Fugitive Slave Act.

The Black abolitionist’s house—where Evans helped rescue John Price.

The doctor’s house—where Pease sheltered the fugitives.

The doctor’s house—where Thompson sheltered the fugitives.

The doctor’s boyhood home—where the future conductor grew up.

The Oberlin cemetery—where the rescuers rest.