Jehudi Ashmun

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Jehudi Ashmun

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Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, August 25, 2008.

Depicted ContentAshmun Institute opens in Chester County, Pennsylvania

Depicted ContentFirst university for African-Americans incorporated in Pennsylvania

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Jehudi Ashmun, the founder of Liberia (from the portrait in Gurley's "Life of Ashmun.")

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Historical and Public Figures, NYPL Digital Gallery

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How to Cite This Page: "Jehudi Ashmun," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/21401.