Description |
x, 333 pages : illustrations, 1 map ; 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-317) and index. |
Contents |
Preface : a double life -- pt. 1. The war before the war. 1. The kindling and the spark -- 2. Visions and ideals -- 3. On the wings of his words -- 4. River of anguish -- 5. "My dear brother -- 6. The lantern in the window -- 7. 1831 -- 8. Speak truth to power -- 9. Family -- 10. Agitation -- 11. Mobocracy -- 12. The seventy -- 13. Two abductions and a murder -- pt. 2. 1838. 14. Waves break on either shore -- 15. "Mercy enough?" -- 16. The trap -- 17. "The matter is highly mysterious" -- 18. Exposing the chain -- 19. "These men are dangerous" -- 20. The unappeasable spirit -- pt. 3. Midnight assassins. 21. A new season -- 22. Double or nothing -- 23. By fire and sword -- 24. "Thus have I been attacked" -- 25. "A victim of the slave power" -- 26. Parker's Ferry -- 27. With spur and rein -- 28. Neighbors -- pt. 4. Beyond the river. 29. Prison doors -- 30. The quickening flow -- 31. Broken vessel -- 32. Echoes. |
Subject |
Rankin, John, 1793-1886.
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Rankin, John, 1793-1886. |
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Underground Railroad -- Ohio.
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Underground Railroad. |
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Ohio. |
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Antislavery movements -- Ohio -- History -- 19th century.
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Antislavery movements. |
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History. |
Chronological Term |
19th century |
Subject |
Abolitionists -- Ohio -- History -- 19th century.
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Abolitionists. |
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Fugitive slaves -- Ohio -- History -- 19th century.
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Fugitive slaves. |
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Abolitionists -- Ohio -- Biography.
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Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Biographies.
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ISBN |
0684870657 |
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