Title: Claflin University in Orangeburg | Expedia.co.uk [Claflin University Hotels](https://expedia.co.uk/Claflin-University-Hotels.0-l724958822821040128-0.Travel-Guide-Filter-Hotels)[Flights to Orangeburg](https://expedia.co.uk/Cheap-Flights-To-Orangeburg.d6058108.Travel-Guide-Flights)[Things to do in Orangeburg](https://expedia.co.uk/Things-To-Do-In-Orangeburg.d6058108.Travel-Guide-Activities)[Claflin University Car Hire](https://expedia.co.uk/Compare-Cheap-Car-Hire-In-Claflin-University.d724958822821040128.Car-Hire-Guide)[Orangeburg Holidays](https://expedia.co.uk/Orangeburg.d6058108.Holidays-City-Breaks) # Claflin University ![Claflin University, located in Orangeburg, South Carolina, was founded in 1869 by Alonzo Webster (1818-1887), a Vermont minister. Webster came to South Carolina to teach at the Baker Bible Institute in Charleston training African American ministers for the Methodist Episcopal Church (today the United Methodist Church). In 1869 he received a charter from the state of South Carolina to establish a college that would prepare freed slaves for the responsibilities of citizenship. The first charter banned discrimination among the faculty, staff and students, making the Academy the first South Carolina university open to all regardless of race. Nonetheless, all of the students at the Academy were African American.](https://images.trvl-media.com/place/6058108/6d44fbcd-b983-4c8e-a1d2-65c7bc68a751.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=1040&h=580&q=mediumHigh) ![Claflin University, located in Orangeburg, South Carolina, was founded in 1869 by Alonzo Webster (1818-1887), a Vermont minister. Webster came to South Carolina to teach at the Baker Bible Institute in Charleston training African American ministers for the Methodist Episcopal Church (today the United Methodist Church). In 1869 he received a charter from the state of South Carolina to establish a college that would prepare freed slaves for the responsibilities of citizenship. The first charter banned discrimination among the faculty, staff and students, making the Academy the first South Carolina university open to all regardless of race. Nonetheless, all of the students at the Academy were African American.](https://images.trvl-media.com/place/6058108/6d44fbcd-b983-4c8e-a1d2-65c7bc68a751.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=1040&h=580&q=mediumHigh) ## Visit Claflin University Activities [Orangeburg travel guide](https://expedia.co.uk/Orangeburg.dx6058108) --- --- ### Popular places to visit ![Columbia](https://images.trvl-media.com/place/553248635754744250/03e213cd-8fae-44f3-b27b-543a83d1a5c4.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=900&h=506&q=mediumHigh) #### Harry Hampton Visitor Center Explore the great outdoors at Harry Hampton Visitor Center, a lovely green space in Hopkins. 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