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The Conductor: The Story of Rev. John Rankin, Abolitionism's Essential Founding Father

By Caleb Franz
Narrated by: Al Kessel
Unabridged — 10 hours, 30 minutes
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By Caleb Franz
Narrated by: Al Kessel
Unabridged — 10 hours, 30 minutes
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Known as the "Father of Abolitionism," Reverend John Rankin is one of the greatest heroes previously lost to history.



Sitting high above the small community of Ripley, Ohio, a lantern shone in the front window of a small, red brick home at night. It was a signal to slaves in Kentucky-a beacon of liberty in the darkness-just across the Ohio River. Anyone fleeing bondage could look to Reverend John Rankin's home for hope. To the slaveholders they fled from, Rankin's activities as a "conductor"...