The Town That Started the Civil War: The True Story of the Community That Stood Up to Slavery–and Changed a Nation Forever

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ISBN13: 9780440503965
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Before the War Between the States, there was once the war between the U.S. government and Oberlin, Ohio. . . .
 
“A captivating, gripping narrative.”—James M. McPherson, creator 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 best to bring the man back across state lines. But to the people of Oberlin, Ohio, the law was once fallacious—they usually were willing to prove it with their sweat and blood.

On this fascinating, spirited telling of one of the vital unusual 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 once an act of uncommon heroism and courage—and a true battle for the sense of right and wrong of a land.
ISBN13: 9780440503965
Condition: New
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