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

Before the War Between the States, there was the war between the U.S. government and Oberlin, Ohio. . . .

“A fascinating, gripping narrative.”—James M. McPherson, author 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 right to bring the man back across state lines. But to the people of Oberlin, Ohio, the law was wrong—and they were willing to prove it with their sweat ...