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By an act of the Pennsylvania legislature, Ashmun Institute, the first college founded solely for African-American students, is officially chartered.
Established in the rolling farmlands of southern Chester County, Pennsylvania, Ashmun Institute was named after Jehudi Ashmun, the U.S. agent who helped reorganize and preserve the struggling African-American colony in Africa that later grew into the independent nation of Liberia. The Ashmun Institute, chartered to give theological, classical, and scientific training to African Americans, opened on January 1, 1857, and John Pym Carter served as the college’s first president. In 1866, the institution was renamed Lincoln University.
Established in the rolling farmlands of southern Chester County, Pennsylvania, Ashmun Institute was named after Jehudi Ashmun, the U.S. agent who helped reorganize and preserve the struggling African-American colony in Africa that later grew into the independent nation of Liberia. The Ashmun Institute, chartered to give theological, classical, and scientific training to African Americans, opened on January 1, 1857, and John Pym Carter served as the college’s first president. In 1866, the institution was renamed Lincoln University.
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That is great and thanks for posting TSgt Joe C. ! I recall a historic black college near to where I grew up in Lawrenceville, Virginia. It has a beautiful campus and I am unsure as to its current policies.
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Thanks for reminding us TSgt Joe C. that on April 29, 1854 the first college founded solely for African-American students, Ashmun Institute, was chartered by the Pennsylvania legislature.
Not surprisingly the college was Lincoln University after the Civil War and the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln in April 1865.
Not surprisingly the college was Lincoln University after the Civil War and the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln in April 1865.
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