The Town That Started the Civil War Contributor(s): Brandt, Nat (Author) |
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ISBN: 0440503965 ISBN-13: 9780440503965 Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: July 1991 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) - History | United States - 19th Century - History | African American |
Dewey: 973.7 |
Lexile Measure: 1330(Not Available) |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" L (0.85 lbs) 338 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 1800-1850 - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Cultural Region - Midwest - Geographic Orientation - Ohio - Topical - Civil War - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Before the War Between the States, there was the war between the U.S. government and Oberlin, Ohio. . . . "A fascinating, gripping narrative."--James M. McPherson, author of Battle Cry of Freedom On a crisp autumn day in Ohio, 1858, two Kentucky slave hunters were closing in on a runaway slave named John Price. Federal law said they had the right to bring the man back across state lines. But to the people of Oberlin, Ohio, the law was wrong--and they were willing to prove it with their sweat and blood. In this fascinating, spirited telling of one of the most extraordinary confrontations in U.S. history, Nat Brandt gives a blow-by-blow account of how a small but passionate army of students, farmers, former slaves, a bookstore owner, a professor, a preacher, and a cobbler risked their lives to rescue a man they didn't know--and ignited a furious conflict with a wavering U.S. government. From its first blows to the controversial trials that followed, the Oberlin Rescue was an act of uncommon heroism and courage--and a true battle for the conscience of a land. |
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