(Photo provided) 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.

ATHENS, Ohio — The Southeast Ohio History Center is hosting its Lyceum Luncheon Brown Bag Speaker Series at noon on Thursday, Dec. 12.

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, Ga.

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.

The Southeast Ohio History Center is located at 24 West State St. in Athens and offers limited parking in the rear off North Congress Street. The Lyceum Luncheon Speaker Series is scheduled for the third Thursdays of the month.

For more information about this presentation or about the History Center call 740-593-3380 or visit www.southeastohiohistory.org.