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Love and Dishonor: Miami University and Slavery in the Antebellum Era

McLoughlin, Alessandra Anne-Marie
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7174-075X
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami16370632065086

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2021, Master of Arts, Miami University, History.
This thesis is case study of Miami University and its connections to slavery between its founding in 1809 and 1861. As the second college founded in Ohio, Miami University was one of the first institutions of higher education on the early national frontier and was founded more than fifty years before the emancipation of enslaved African Americans. This thesis asserts that Miami University was involved with slavery on both an ideological and financial level. The link between Miami and slavery is explored through the economic, social, and political histories of the early frontier. Case studies of students and administrators exemplify the multifaceted nature of slavery’s entanglements at Miami and show how the university contributed to and profited from enslavement through tuitions, endowments, and educational curriculum. This research reveals the complexities of slavery in early Ohio and evaluates the extent of Miami’s financial dependence on it.
Steven Conn, PhD (Advisor)
Lindsay Schakenbach Regele, PhD (Committee Member)
Helen Sheumaker, PhD (Committee Member)
51 p.
African American Studies; American History; Economic History; Education History; History
Slavery; Higher Education; Miami University; Antebellum Era; Capitalism; Early Frontier; Nineteenth Century; Land Speculation

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  • McLoughlin, A. A.-M. (2021). Love and Dishonor: Miami University and Slavery in the Antebellum Era [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami16370632065086

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • McLoughlin, Alessandra. Love and Dishonor: Miami University and Slavery in the Antebellum Era. 2021. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami16370632065086.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • McLoughlin, Alessandra. "Love and Dishonor: Miami University and Slavery in the Antebellum Era." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami16370632065086

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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