Union Literary Institute

The Union Literary Institute, located in rural Randolph County, Indiana, at 8605 East County Road 600 South, Union City, Indiana (at its founding, "two miles east of Spartanburg"), was a historic school founded in 1846 primarily for blacks by abolitionist Quakers and free blacks in three local communities. "Colored students" were prohibited from attending the public schools in the state. The term "literary institute" at the time meant a non-religious school.

Union Literary Institute

The Union Literary Institute, located in rural Randolph County, Indiana, at 8605 East County Road 600 South, Union City, Indiana (at its founding, "two miles east of Spartanburg"), was a historic school founded in 1846 primarily for blacks by abolitionist Quakers and free blacks in three local communities. "Colored students" were prohibited from attending the public schools in the state. The term "literary institute" at the time meant a non-religious school.