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David Ruggles : a radical black abolitionist and the Underground Railroad in New York City / Graham Russell Gao Hodges.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hodges, Graham Russell, 1946-
- Series:
- John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture.
- The John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Abolitionists--New York (State)--New York--Biography.
- Abolitionists.
- Abolitionists--Massachusetts--Biography.
- African American abolitionists--New York (State)--New York--Biography.
- African American abolitionists.
- African American abolitionists--Massachusetts--Biography.
- Underground Railroad--New York (State)--New York.
- Underground Railroad.
- Underground Railroad--Massachusetts.
- Antislavery movements--New York (State)--New York--History.
- Antislavery movements.
- Antislavery movements--Massachusetts--History.
- Ruggles, David, 1810-1849.
- Ruggles, David.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (281 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2010.
- Summary:
- David Ruggles (1810-1849) was one of the most heroic--and has been one of the most often overlooked--figures of the early abolitionist movement in America. Graham Russell Gao Hodges provides the first biography of this African American activist, writer, publisher, and hydrotherapist who secured liberty for more than six hundred former bond people, the most famous of whom was Frederick Douglass. A forceful, courageous voice for black freedom, Ruggles mentored Douglass, Sojourner Truth, and William Cooper Nell in the skills of antislavery activism. As a founder of the New York Committee of Vigil
- Contents:
- Contents; Introduction; ONE: A Revolutionary Childhood; TWO: An Apprentice Abolitionist in Post-Emancipation New York City; THREE: Making Practical Abolitionism; FOUR: Melding Black Abolitionism and the Underground Railroad; FIVE: Abolitionist and Physician; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780807895795
- 0807895792
- OCLC:
- 593326795
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