Rankin-Parker papers, ca. 1880.

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Rankin-Parker papers, ca. 1880.

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Includes the autobiography of the Rev. John Rankin, Presbyterian minster, describing his childhood in Kentucky, camp meetings and denominational rivalries, his ministry in Kentucky, and his abolitionist activities. Also contains an account of the life of John Parker, a freeman, as told to Frank M. Gregg, newspaperman of Ripley, Ohio, describing being driven from Norfolk, Va., to Mobile, Ala., in a slave coffle, his purchase by a good master and his education, his escape and recapture, his purchase of his freedom, and his work with fugitive slaves. Also includes an account written by Gregg and attributed to Rankin of the flight of a slave woman and her child across the frozen Ohio River, which, it is claimed, formed the basis for such an incident in Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6993978

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Rankin, John, 1793-1886

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Gregg, Frank M.

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Presbyterian Church in the U.S.

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Parker, John B.

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Parker was a potter in Charlestown, Massachusetts. From the description of Account book, 1747-1764. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 122573635 Epithet: brother of Edmund Parker, of Boringdon British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001193.0x0001e1 Native of Prescott, Ark.; Confederate soldier imprisoned at Johnson's Island Military Prison, 1863-1864. From the description of Coll...