Oberlin College Is Established
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History: North American Series
- Categories: Women’s Issues, Education, Religion, Ethics
- Subcategories: Theology, Theologians, Teaching, Teachers, Organizations, Agencies, Institutions
- Curriculum: Women’s History, American History 1816-1855
- Geographical Location: Ohio
- Date: December 3, 1833
Article abstract: The nation’s first coeducational institution of higher education and a center of theological training.
Summary of Event
In 1825, the celebrated Presbyterian revivalist Charles G. Finney appeared in Utica, New York, where he recruited twenty-two-year-old Theodore Weld into his “holy band” of evangelists. Weld, who enrolled in the Oneida Institute in Whitesboro, New York, to prepare for the ministry, also became an exponent of emancipation. Weld’s devotion to the antislavery movement was inspired by his close friend, Charles...
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