{"product_id":"beyond-the-river-heroes-of-underground-rr","title":"Beyond the River: The Untold Story of the Heroes of the Underground Railroad","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThis powerful and necessary tale from Black American history brings to brilliant life the forgotten heroes of the Ripley, Ohio, line of the Underground Railroad.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBeyond the River\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, 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 freedom seekers safely across the river into the 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 19th century abolitionist 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA vivid narrative about memorable people, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBeyond the River\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43617020674271,"sku":"201211","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0610\/1997\/9999\/files\/91dWBiDKSdL._SL1500.jpg?v=1775756135","url":"https:\/\/www.ohiohistorystore.com\/products\/beyond-the-river-heroes-of-underground-rr","provider":"Ohio History Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}