Town of Arlington, Past and Present
Title | Town of Arlington, Past and Present PDF eBook |
Author | Charles Symmes Parker |
Publisher | |
Pages | 348 |
Release | 1907 |
Genre | Arlington (Mass.) |
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Historic Homes and Places and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Title | Historic Homes and Places and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Middlesex County, Massachusetts PDF eBook |
Author | William Richard Cutter |
Publisher | |
Pages | 601 |
Release | 1908 |
Genre | Middlesex County (Mass.) |
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Catalogue
Title | Catalogue PDF eBook |
Author | Cadmus Book Shop |
Publisher | |
Pages | 892 |
Release | 1919 |
Genre | Catalogs, Booksellers |
ISBN |
The Encyclopaedia Britannica
Title | The Encyclopaedia Britannica PDF eBook |
Author | Hugh Chrisholm |
Publisher | |
Pages | 2080 |
Release | 1911 |
Genre | Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
ISBN |
Beyond the River
Title | Beyond the River PDF eBook |
Author | Ann Hagedorn |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 362 |
Release | 2008-06-30 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1439128669 |
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.
Patriots of Color
Title | Patriots of Color PDF eBook |
Author | George Quintal |
Publisher | U.S. Government Printing Office |
Pages | 280 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
Describes the significant part played by blacks and Native Americans at the beginning of the American Revolution.
The New International Encyclopaedia
Title | The New International Encyclopaedia PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 928 |
Release | 1914 |
Genre | Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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