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Description: Lane Seminary, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, ca. 1840-1849. Lane Theological Seminary was founded in 1829 to educate Presbyterians into the ministry. It was named for Ebeneezer and William Lane, who pledged $4,000 to the school. The first president of the seminary was Lyman Beecher, the father of Harriet Beecher Stowe. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00619
Subjects: Lane Theological Seminary (Cincinnati, Ohio); Religious education; Antislavery movements--Ohio--History--19th century; Abolition
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)