Eleutherian College likely would not have existed if not for the perseverance of a Baptist minister from Oxford, Ohio.Elder Thomas Craven, born 19 March 1792 in Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, to the Rev. Thomas Lindsey Craven and the former Eleanor Adams, was described as an adult of average height –– probably...
Read More Don't miss the Historic Eleutherian College's Fall Gathering. Join us on October 21 for a day filled with music and history. See you there! ..
Read More UPDATE! We received numerous donations (one single donation was for $2,000!) to cover the costs of cleaning up the properties after the June thunderstorms! The HEC Board of Directors wishes to thank everyone who helped out; we are humbled by and extremely grateful for the support we receive...
Read More As part of its 2023 celebration of Juneteenth, Madison-Jefferson County Public Library in Madison, Indiana, will host a presentation about a formerly enslaved black family from Mississippi that moved to Jefferson County in the early 1850s. Phyllis Codling McLaughlin will present "Robert Jefferson: A Case of Black and...
Read More Join the Madison community for a weekend of celebration marking the 158th anniversary of the day enslaved people in Texas found out that they had been freed. This year also marks the 160th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, which was issued on January 1, 1863...
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