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100 1 $aHagedorn, Ann.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n94001673
245 10 $aBeyond the river :$bthe untold story of the heroes of the Underground Railroad /$cAnn Hagedorn.
260 $aNew York :$bSimon & Schuster,$c[2002], ©2002.
300 $ax, 333 pages :$billustrations, 1 map ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 313-317) and index.
520 1 $a"The decades preceding the Civil War were rife with fierce sectarian violence along the borders between slave and free states. The Ohio River was one such border. Here in the river towns of Ohio and Kentucky, abolitionists and slave chasers confronted each other during the "war before the war." Slave masters and bounty hunters chased runaway slaves from Kentucky into Ohio, hoping to catch their quarry before the slaves disappeared on the underground path to freedom.
520 8 $aIn the river town of Ripley, the slave hunters inevitably confronted John Rankin and his determined, courageous colleagues.".
520 8 $a"One of the early abolitionist leaders, Rankin began his career when he wrote a series of letters denouncing his brother's recent purchase of a slave in Virginia. The letters were collected and published as Letters on American Slavery and influenced William Lloyd Garrison, among others. Rankin, a Presbyterian minister and a farmer, bought property on a high hilltop overlooking Ripley and the Ohio River. His house was visible for miles into Kentucky, and he hung a lantern at night to help guide runaways.
520 8 $aHe and his fellow abolitionists, both black and white, formed the front line of freedom, and some of them paid a high price for it."--BOOK JACKET.
600 10 $aRankin, John,$d1793-1886.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86804560
650 0 $aUnderground Railroad$zOhio.
650 0 $aAntislavery movements$zOhio$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aAbolitionists$zOhio$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aFugitive slaves$zOhio$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aAbolitionists$zOhio$vBiography.
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