ISBN10: 0684870665, ISBN13: 9780684870663, [publisher: Simon and Schuster] Softcover Traces the story of John Rankin and the heroes of the Ripley, Ohio, line of the Underground Railroad, identifying the pre-Civil War conflicts between abolitionists and slave chasers along the Ohio River banks. Solid binding. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item.
[Grand Rapids, OH, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2004]

ISBN10: 0684870665, ISBN13: 9780684870663, [publisher: SIMON and SCHUSTER] Softcover New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
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ISBN10: 0684870665, ISBN13: 9780684870663, [publisher: Simon & Schuster, London] Softcover Paperback. From the highest hill above the town of Ripley, Ohio, you can see five bends in the Ohio River. You can see the hills of northern Kentucky and the rooftops of Ripley's riverfront houses. And you can see what the abolitionist John Rankin saw from his house at the top of that hill, where for nearly forty years he placed a lantern each night to guide fugitive slaves to freedom beyond the river. In "Beyond the River, " Ann Hagedorn tells the remarkable story of the participants in the Ripley line of the Underground Railroad, bringing to life the struggles of the men and women, black and white, who fought "the war before the war" along the Ohio River. Determined in their cause, Rankin, his family, and his fellow abolitionists — some of them former slaves themselves — risked their lives to guide thousands of runaways safely across the river into the free state of Ohio, even when a sensational trial in Kentucky threatened to expose the Ripley "conductors." Rankin, the leader of the Ripley line and one of the early leaders of the antislavery movement, became nationally renowned after the publication of his "Letters on American Slavery, " a collection of letters he wrote to persuade his brother in Virginia to renounce slavery. A vivid narrative about memorable people, ...
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ISBN10: 0684870665, ISBN13: 9780684870663, [publisher: Simon & Schuster, London] Softcover Paperback. From the highest hill above the town of Ripley, Ohio, you can see five bends in the Ohio River. You can see the hills of northern Kentucky and the rooftops of Ripley's riverfront houses. And you can see what the abolitionist John Rankin saw from his house at the top of that hill, where for nearly forty years he placed a lantern each night to guide fugitive slaves to freedom beyond the river. In "Beyond the River, " Ann Hagedorn tells the remarkable story of the participants in the Ripley line of the Underground Railroad, bringing to life the struggles of the men and women, black and white, who fought "the war before the war" along the Ohio River. Determined in their cause, Rankin, his family, and his fellow abolitionists — some of them former slaves themselves — risked their lives to guide thousands of runaways safely across the river into the free state of Ohio, even when a sensational trial in Kentucky threatened to expose the Ripley "conductors." Rankin, the leader of the Ripley line and one of the early leaders of the antislavery movement, became nationally renowned after the publication of his "Letters on American Slavery, " a collection of letters he wrote to persuade his brother in Virginia to renounce slavery. A vivid narrative about memorable people, ...
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Simon & Schuster, Date: 2004. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 352 pages. 8.00x5.25x0.75 inches. 2004. Simon & Schuster ISBN 0684870665 9780684870663 [GB]

ISBN10: 0684870665, ISBN13: 9780684870663, [publisher: Simon & Schuster] Softcover
[Houston, TX, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2004]

ISBN10: 0684870665, ISBN13: 9780684870663, [publisher: Simon & Schuster] Softcover Traces the story of John Rankin and the heroes of the Ripley, Ohio, line of the Underground Railroad, identifying the pre-Civil War conflicts between abolitionists and slave chasers along the Ohio River banks. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item.
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ISBN10: 0684870665, ISBN13: 9780684870663, [publisher: Simon & Schuster] Softcover reprint edition. 352 pages. 8.00x5.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.
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