Wilberforce University is a private, coed, liberal arts historically African-American university located in Wilberforce, Ohio, that is affiliated with the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church and participates in the United Negro College Fund.
The college was planned by the Cincinnati, Ohio Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church to provide a "literary institution" (classical education) and teacher training for black youth. Methodist repr...
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Wilberforce University is a private, coed, liberal arts historically African-American university located in Wilberforce, Ohio, that is affiliated with the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church and participates in the United Negro College Fund.
The college was planned by the Cincinnati, Ohio Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church to provide a "literary institution" (classical education) and teacher training for black youth. Methodist representatives worked collaboratively with founders from the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME) to develop Wilberforce University in 1856. It was named for William Wilberforce, the 18th-century English statesman and abolitionist.
The college played a role in the Underground Railroad. The campus is located three miles from the county seat of Xenia. It is about 21 miles from Dayton and Cincinnati, Ohio.
When the number of students fell due to the American Civil War and financial problems closed the college, in 1863 the AME Church purchased...
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