Published by Mary Fizell, Tamara Lugonzo, and Scott Smalley
Through collective research and great collaboration with the Oberlin Heritage Center, we managed to collate information about the rich history of Oberlin with the origins of both the College and the Heritage Center and its connections with key moments in history such as the abolitionist movement and the Amistad Rebellion. The webinar was an exciting learning experience and we hope you pick up on the passion of Oberlin Heritage Center Director, Liz Schultz, and Education & Tour Coordinator, Amanda Manahan. During our discussion, we explore Oberlin’s role in transatlantic antislavery and how the Heritage Center continues to play an active role in those efforts through its preservation of the historic sites such as the Little Red Schoolhouse.
This Webinar is hosted by Huron University undergrad Scott Smalley, and produced by Huron undergrads Mary Fizell and Tamara Lugonzo for their class, “History 2709F: Race, Rights, and Revolution”.
A dedicated link to the video can also be found on YouTube by clicking here.
Sources of further research:
Henle, Ellen, and Marlene Merrill. “Antebellum Black Coeds at Oberlin College.” Women’s
Studies Newsletter 7, no. 2 (1979): 8-11. Accessed October 27, 2020. http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159490.
Merrill, Marlene D. “Sarah Margru Kinson: The Two Worlds of an Amistad Captive” Oberlin
Historical and Improvement Organization, 2003. https://www2.oberlin.edu/external/EOG/Kinson/Kinson.html
Morris, Brett J. Oberlin, Hotbed of Abolitionism: College, Community, and the Fight for
Freedom and Equality in Antebellum America (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2014).
Rediker, Marcus. The Amistad Rebellion; An Atlantic Odyssey of Slavery and
Freedom (New York, Penguin Books 2013).
The works of Carol Lasser: Antebellum American Women (with Stacey
Robertson, 2010); Friends and Sisters: Letters Between Lucy Stone and Antoinette Brown Blackwell, 1846-1893, (with Marlene Merrill, 1987) and Educating Men and Women Together: Coeducation in a Changing World (1987).
Walvin, James. Slavery in Small Things: Slavery and Modern Cultural Habits. Chichester,
UK: Wiley-Blackwell, 2017.