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College that was a center of abolitionism
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oberlin
Alternative clues for the word oberlin
- School with the U.S.'s oldest continuously operating music conservatory
- Ohio liberal arts college
- First U.S. college to award degrees to women
- Midwest college town that was an Underground Railroad stop
- College town in Ohio
- Ohio college attended by Karen O and Liz Phair
- First coed college in U.S
- College that pioneered coeducation
- First U.S. college to admit women
Word definitions for oberlin in dictionaries
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Word definitions in Gazetteer
Population (2000): 1853 Housing Units (2000): 789 Land area (2000): 3.078090 sq. miles (7.972215 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 3.078090 sq. miles (7.972215 sq. km) FIPS code: 57450 Located within: Louisiana ...
Usage examples of oberlin.
In fack, Oberlin IS the college, everything else in that air vicinity resolvin around excloosivly for the benefit of that institution.
He was himself an abolitionist from a slave State, and he refused to be President of Oberlin College unless negroes were admitted on equal terms with other students.
In 1847 Lucy Stone, an Oberlin graduate, began to address public audiences on the subject.
We are told that when Pastor Oberlin was appointed to his cure as Protestant clergyman in the Ban de la Roche a little more than one hundred years ago, - that was, in 1767, - this region was densely dark and far behind in the world’s running as regards all progress.
Then came that wonderful clergyman, Pastor Oberlin, - he was indeed a wonderful clergyman, - and made a great change.
Whether the thanks of the people are more honestly due to Oberlin or to the late Emperor, the author of this little story will not pretend to say.
Amos, however, was afraid that Yale was too worldly, and instead sent his son to Oberlin, trusting to its reputation as a strongly religious school.