Heritage/History

We planned to have a Heritage/History section because all sites devoted to a city should have one – especially those with a background as rich and full as Oberlin’s. However, we soon discovered that any efforts on our part would pale in comparison to the expanse of fine work already available. We therefore recommend that you visit and explore our Links page where you will find a host of sites with in-depth documentation (great) and imagery (really, really great) for our fabulous city.

Monument in Martin Luther King, Jr. Park.

The inscription reads: These colored citizens of Oberlin, the heroic associates of the immortal John Brown, gave their lives for the slave. Et nunc servitudo etiam mortua est, laus deo.

S. Green died at Charleston, Va., Dec. 16, 1859, age 23 years.

J. A. Copeland died at Charleston, Va., Dec. 16, 1859, age 25 years.

L. S. Leary died at Harper's Ferry, Va., Oct 20, 1859, age 24 years.