Reverend John Rankin is credited with providing safety through the Underground Railroad to more than 2,000 people as they tried to escape slavery. Not as well-known as Harriet Tubman's story to most readers, 'Beacon to Freedom' recounts in an illlustrated, nonfiction narrative how Rankin guided runaways across the wide Ohio River with a light in his window, giving them hope in a time of great fear and danger.
Pages
40
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Capstone Press
Release
January 01, 2017
ISBN
151573496X
ISBN 13
9781515734963
Beacon to Freedom: The Story of a Conductor on the Underground Railroad
Reverend John Rankin is credited with providing safety through the Underground Railroad to more than 2,000 people as they tried to escape slavery. Not as well-known as Harriet Tubman's story to most readers, 'Beacon to Freedom' recounts in an illlustrated, nonfiction narrative how Rankin guided runaways across the wide Ohio River with a light in his window, giving them hope in a time of great fear and danger.