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- catalog abstract ""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. 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."--Dust jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12699235.
- catalog created "c2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "c2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2002.".
- catalog description ""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. 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."--Dust jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-317) and index.".
- catalog description "Preface : a double life -- The war before the war. The kindling and the spark -- Visions and ideals -- On the wings of his words -- River of anguish -- "My dear brother -- The lantern in the window -- 1831 -- Speak truth to power -- Family -- Agitation -- Mobocracy -- The seventy -- Two abductions and a murder -- 1838. Waves break on either shore -- "Mercy enough?" -- The trap -- "The matter is highly mysterious" -- Exposing the chain -- "These men are dangerous" -- The unappeasable spirit -- Midnight assassins. A new season -- Double or nothing -- By fire and sword -- "Thus have I been attacked" -- "A victim of the slave power" -- Parker's Ferry -- With spur and rein -- Neighbors -- Beyond the river. Prison doors -- The quickening flow -- Broken vessel -- Echoes.".
- catalog extent "x, 333 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0684870657".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "c2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Simon & Schuster,".
- catalog spatial "Ohio".
- catalog spatial "Ohio.".
- catalog subject "973.7/115 21".
- catalog subject "Abolitionists Ohio Biography.".
- catalog subject "Abolitionists Ohio History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Antislavery movements Ohio History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "E450 .H165 2002".
- catalog subject "Fugitive slaves Ohio History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Rankin, John, 1793-1886.".
- catalog subject "Underground Railroad Ohio.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Preface : a double life -- The war before the war. The kindling and the spark -- Visions and ideals -- On the wings of his words -- River of anguish -- "My dear brother -- The lantern in the window -- 1831 -- Speak truth to power -- Family -- Agitation -- Mobocracy -- The seventy -- Two abductions and a murder -- 1838. Waves break on either shore -- "Mercy enough?" -- The trap -- "The matter is highly mysterious" -- Exposing the chain -- "These men are dangerous" -- The unappeasable spirit -- Midnight assassins. A new season -- Double or nothing -- By fire and sword -- "Thus have I been attacked" -- "A victim of the slave power" -- Parker's Ferry -- With spur and rein -- Neighbors -- Beyond the river. Prison doors -- The quickening flow -- Broken vessel -- Echoes.".
- catalog title "Beyond the river : the untold story of the heroes of the Underground Railroad / Ann Hagedorn.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".