Trusted News Discovery Since 2008
{{/content}}
This Day in History: First African-American College Is Chartered
Video Credit: Wibbitz Top Stories
Published 3 weeks ago - Duration: 00:54s
This Day in History: First African-American College Is Chartered
This Day in History: , First African-American College Is Chartered.
April 29, 1854.
Ashmun Institute was established in southern Chester County, Pennsylvania.
Created by an act of the Pennsylvania legislature, the institution was named after Jehudi Ashman.
Ashman was the U.S. agent who assisted in the preservation of an African-American colony in Africa that later became Liberia.
The institution named after him was initially chartered to provide theological, scientific and classical training to African-Americans.
Under its first college president, John Pym Carter, Ashmun Institute opened on January 1, 1857.
It was renamed Lincoln University in 1866 after the end of the U.S. Civil War
You are here
💡 newsR Knowledge: Other News Mentions
John Pym Carter
American minister, educator, and president of Lincoln University of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
U.S. state
African Americans
Ethnic group in the United States
Chester County, Pennsylvania
County in Pennsylvania, United States
Liberia
Country in West Africa
Lincoln University (Pennsylvania)
University in Oxford, Pennsylvania, US
American Civil War
1861–1865 conflict in the United States
Related videos from verified sources
This Day in History: Nelson Mandela Is Inaugurated in South Africa 01:01
Video credit: Wibbitz Top Stories - Published 1 week ago
This Day in History: The United States Officially Enters World War I (Sat., April 6) 00:51
Video credit: Wibbitz Top Stories - Published on April 5, 2024
This Day in History: March Madness Is Born 00:50
Video credit: Wibbitz Top Stories - Published on March 27, 2024