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Oberlin College founded
Oberlin, the first coeducational college in the United States, opened with a class of twenty-nine men and fifteen women. In 1835, Oberlin became the first college to admit African Americans.
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Last slaves returned under Fugitive Slave Law
Lucy, a slave from Virginia who had fled to Ohio, became one of the last slaves to be returned under the Fugitive Slave Law.
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Sojourner Truth’s “Ain’t I a Woman?” speech
Sojourner Truth delivered her “Ain’t I a Woman?” speech at a statewide women’s rights convention in Ohio.
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Flourishing of Hopewell culture
Hopewell culture, a prehistoric American Indian culture of mound builders in east-central North America, prospered ca. 500–1000. Named for a farm in southern Ohio where related artifacts were discovered, Hopewell culture developed along waterways and relied upon agriculture as well as hunting and gathering.
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Battle of Fallen Timbers
General Anthony Wayne defeated American Indians, including warriors of the Miami, Delaware, and Shawnee tribes, at the battle of Fallen Timbers, opening the Ohio country to white settlement.
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Treaty of Greenville
American Indians from several tribes signed the Treaty of Greenville, ceding lands in the Ohio Valley to the United States in exchange for the federal government’s protection of remaining tribal lands from further white incursion.
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Kent State massacre
Four people were killed and nine wounded when the Ohio National Guard fired into a crowd of anti-war protestors at Kent State University.