Benedict College

Benedict College

Benedict College is a private historically black, liberal arts college in Columbia, South Carolina. Founded in 1870 by northern Baptists, it was originally a teachers’ college. It has since expanded to offer majors in many disciplines across the liberal arts.

Benedict College was founded in 1870 on land that had been a 110-acre (45 ha) plantation in Columbia, South Carolina. Bathsheba A. Benedict of Pawtucket of Rhode Island provided the $13,000.00 to purchase the land as part of the American Baptist Home Mission Society. Benedict Institute opened on December 12, 1870, on the grounds of a plantation formerly worked by slaves, to educate African-Americans recently freed from slavery.

Current President: Roslyn Clark Artis

Official website: www.benedict.edu