John Rankin,” wrote John Parker, a Black conductor and formerly enslaved man who had settled in Ripley in part due to the abolitionist community that Rankin had cultivated. Rankin, Parker ...

Rankin's 'Letters on American Slavery' set out a moral argument for abolition that resonated across the nation.

John Rankin,” wrote John Parker, a Black conductor and formerly enslaved man who had settled in Ripley in part due to the abolitionist community that Rankin had cultivated. Rankin, Parker ...

A biography about an influential historical figure who died in Ironton—written by a Lexington, Ky., man who grew up in ...

Giant leaps of faith brought an estimated 2,000 runaway slaves to the house John and Jean Rankin shared with their ... minister and outspoken abolitionist, often stood on that hill - Liberty ...