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...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...
What about the e-mail where you said small investors were going to "take a ride" on the Reading Railroad...
...railroad customer in Allston said that his business depends on CSX in its current location...
...general we’re uncomfortable with [the auctioning of the land],” said Bruce Houghton, president of Houghton Chemicals, which has a factory adjacent to the rail property. “We utilize the services of the railroad extensively...
Houghton predicted a widespread impact across the area if the railroad were to leave...