Peter Cultice, President of the Muskingum County History since 2018, will be speaking about The Founding of the Ohio Anti-Slavery Society in April, 1835.

Cultice practiced law in Southeast Ohio for 30 years and serves as a Magistrate in the Juvenile and Probate courts in Guernsey County. His love of history stemmed from growing up in Zanesville and graduating with a degree in history from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.

The Ohio Anti-Slavery Society began at the Stone Academy in Putnam, across the Muskingum River from Zanesville decades before the outbreak of the American Civil War. Cultice has spoken on this topic at the National Park Service Underground Railroad Conference in Niagara Falls, and in Marietta, Gallipolis, Cambridge and Belmont County.

Bring your own lunch and join us for the conversation!

Image: Local historian Peter Cultice with the historical marker commemorating the founding of the Ohio Anti- Slavery Society at The Stone Academy Historic Site in Putnam, Ohio across the Muskingum River from Zanesville.