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186 years ago on January 5, a meeting was held in a public schoolhouse on Neil’s Creek in Jefferson County, Indiana.1 The purpose of the meeting was to form “an anti-slavery society,” according to Benjamin  Hoyt, one of the founders of the Neil’s Creek...

Historic Eleutherian College will host its annual Fall Gathering on October 19 from 10 AM to 4 PM. Join us for tours, historic programming, art and music!Pack a picnic lunch and spend the day with us! We’ll be offering...

Jan Vetrhus, president of Historic Eleutherian’s board of directors and board member Roland Newman welcomed WISH TV's Adam Pinsker to the college to learn more about its history.https://www.wishtv.com/celebrating/preservationists-tout-indiana-colleges-legacy-of-flaunting-slavery-laws/   ..

We were happy to host Hanover College students from Dr. Lake Lambert’s class on the theology and life of Martin Luther King, Jr. that was offered this spring. The class included a crash course on African American history.During their visit, the students enjoyed...

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...