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100 1 $aHagedorn, Ann.
245 10 $aBeyond the river :$bthe untold story of the heroes of the Underground Railroad /$cAnn Hagedorn.
260 $aNew York :$bSimon & Schuster,$cc2002.
300 $ax, 333 p. :$bill., maps ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 313-317) and index.
505 00 $gPreface : a$tdouble life --$gpt. 1. The$twar before the war.$g1. The$tkindling and the spark --$g2.$tVisions and ideals --$g3.$tOn the wings of his words --$g4.$tRiver of anguish --$g5.$t"My dear brother --$g6. The$tlantern in the window --$g7.$t1831 --$g8.$tSpeak truth to power --$g9.$tFamily --$g10. $tAgitation --$g11.$tMobocracy --$g12. The$tseventy --$g13.$tTwo abductions and a murder --$gpt. 2.$t1838.$g14.$tWaves break on either shore --$g15.$t"Mercy enough?" --$g16. The$ttrap --$g17. "The$tmatter is highly mysterious" --$g18. $tExposing the chain --$g19.$t"These men are dangerous" --$g20. The $tunappeasable spirit --$gpt. 3.$tMidnight assassins.$g21. A$tnew season -- $g22.$tDouble or nothing --$g23.$tBy fire and sword --$g24.$t"Thus have I been attacked" --$g25. "A$tvictim of the slave power" --$g26.$tParker's Ferry -- $g27.$tWith spur and rein --$g28.$tNeighbors --$gpt. 4.$tBeyond the river.$g29. $tPrison doors --$g30. The$tquickening flow --$g31.$tBroken vessel --$g32. $tEchoes.
520 $aThe 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. In the river town of Ripley, the slave hunters inevitably confronted John Rankin and his determined, courageous colleagues. 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. He and his fellow abolitionists, both black and white, formed the front line of freedom, and some of them paid a high price for it. In 1838, abolitionist John B. Mahan, a colleague of Rankin's, was lured into a trap and transported to Kentucky for one of the most celebrated trials of the era. Charged with breaking Kentucky laws, even though he had not been in the state for nearly twenty years, he was imprisoned in a windowless cell for three months, shackled at his wrists and ankles. At his trial, slaveholders tried in vain to identify and break the Ripley line "conductors." Another celebrated conductor on the Ripley line, John Parker, a former slave himself, was regarded as the most daring of the Ohio abolitionists. He made dozens of trips across the river into Kentucky to bring out slaves trying to escape, risking his life and his own freedom every time.
600 10 $aRankin, John,$d1793-1886.
650 0 $aUnderground Railroad$zOhio.
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650 0 $aAbolitionists$zOhio$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aFugitive slaves$zOhio$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aAbolitionists$zOhio$vBiography.
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