Author: John RANKIN (Pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Ripley, Ohio.)
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Languages : en
Pages : 122

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Author: Ann Hagedorn
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439128669
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 362

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Beyond the River brings to brilliant life the dramatic story of the forgotten heroes of the Ripley, Ohio, line of the Underground Railroad. 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, Beyond the River is an inspiring story of courage and heroism that transports us to another era and deepens our understanding of the great social movement known as the Underground Railroad.

Author: Joseph Sabin
Publisher:
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 592

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Author: John Rankin
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Category : Slavery
Languages : en
Pages : 128

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Author: Wilbur H. Siebert
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486138518
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 562

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Interviews and excerpts from diaries, letters, biographies, memoirs, speeches, and other firsthand accounts shed much light on the origins of a system that provided aid to fugitive slaves. 46 black-and-white illustrations.

Author: William Henry Siebert
Publisher: Dalcassian Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 597

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Author: Wilbur Henry Siebert
Publisher: New York : Macmillan Company
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 604

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Publisher: Martino Publishing
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Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 732

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Author: Glenn Usry
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
ISBN: 9780830874576
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 256

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Some say Christianity is white man's religion. . . . And it is true that there is a long and ugly history of abuse of African-Americans at the hands of Anglo Christians. Afrocentric interpretations of history often point to slavery, lynchings and the like as proof that Christianity is inherently antiblack. But Craig Keener and Glen Usry contend that Christianity can be Afrocentric. In this massively researched book, they show that racism is not unique to Christianity. More important, they show how "world history is also our history and the Bible is also our book." Black Man's Religion is one of the first of its kind, a pro-Christian reading of religion and history from a black perspective. Fascinating and compelling, it is must reading for all concerned for African-American culture and issues of faith.

Author: British Library
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 978

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