Abolition City
Dublin Core
Title
Abolition City
Subject
Underground Railroad tourism
Description
This nickname of Galesburg appears in a permanent exhibition of Knox College's founding and first decades in the era of the Civil War, in the Whitcomb Heritage Center, third floor of Knox College's Alumni Hall.
Creator
Rhodesworks and Proto Productions
Publisher
Knox College
Date
2014
Contributor
Lincoln Studies Center at Knox College
Rights
Knox College
Format
jpeg image
Language
English
Identifier
WIUGRR #20
Coverage
Illinois, United States
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Text
Committed to Equality
George Washington Gale, a Presbyterian minister from New York State, founded Knox College to educate young men to preach the Gospel. The college was among the first institutions in the United States open to all men and women regardless of their racial background. Knox's founders hoped to make education accessible to students of even the most limited financial means through manual labor and the sale of thousands of acres of land to new settlers.
Abolition City
The village and the college founded by George Washington Gale in the 1830s were home to uncompromising abolitionists and Underground Railroad activists who earned both the community and the college a notorious reputation. Gale and those who followed him established a town and a college that would support the Underground Railroad, welcome African American students, and established a legacy of activism on the Illinois prairie.
Original Format
exhibition label
Files
Citation
Rhodesworks and Proto Productions, “Abolition City,” Traces of Western Illinois' Underground Railroad, accessed May 15, 2024, https://timroberts.org/wiugrr/items/show/20.