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John Brown, Frederick Douglass, Rankin--the U.S. produced men like that because slavery, the nation's fatal flaw, was awful enough to breed opponents of equal fury. In Beyond the River (Simon & Schuster; 333 pages), Ann Hagedorn tells Rankin's story as a window onto that era's most audacious utility, the Underground Railroad, the network of safe houses, sympathetic whites and free blacks that helped runaway slaves escape to the North. Rankin, his steadfast wife and reliable sons were among its major links--crucial enough that furious slaveholders put a bounty on the minister's head...
...time for us to change that. This February, as we celebrate Black History Month, we should devote time not just to learning about and honoring blacks of the past, but to supporting blacks who carry on the struggle against slavery today. You are probably familiar with Frederick Douglass, an abolitionist of the 1800s, but how much do you know about some other former slaves who speak out as abolitionists in Massachusetts right now—people such as Francis Bok of the Sudan and Ahmeimidi Khaliva of Mauritania? I’m guessing that both names...
...Words cannot capture the extraordinary impact Trent had on his colleagues and friends at Ropes & Gray,” Douglass N. Ellis Jr., the firm’s managing partner, wrote in a statement. “He was kind, gracious and an outstanding lawyer...
Stauffer’s book was reviewed by a jury of scholars, specialists on slavery and previous Douglass Prize winners, who considered almost 40 books before suggesting a few to the review committee for the final selection...
...These four men spanned the social spectrum. Douglass was a slave, and Garret Smith was one of the richest men in the country. I braided four characters together by their friendship and their biracial correspondence, while exploring the broader possibilities and limits of reforming America,” he said...