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John Rankin Essay on Lane Seminary

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Title	John Rankin Essay on Lane Seminary
Subject	Civil Liberties Education Religion in Ohio Abolition Abolitionists Societies and clubs Students Universities and colleges
Place	Ripley (Ohio) Brown County (Ohio) Cincinnati (Ohio) Hamilton County (Ohio)
Description	This 31-page essay, titled "Review of the Statement of the Faculty of Lane Seminary in Relation to the Recent Difficulties in that Institution" was written by Reverend John Rankin (1793-1886), of Ripley, Ohio. Rankin, pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Ripley, Ohio, defends students who in 1834 established an anti-slavery society at Lane Seminary, a theological college in Cincinnati. School administrators ordered the students to dissolve the society or leave the school. At the invitation of Reverend John J. Shipherd, the students left Lane Seminary and went north to Oberlin College, where they established a tradition of anti-slavery activity. The essay measures 8" x 13" (20.32 x 33.02 cm). This item is part of a larger collection of John Rankin Papers by and about Rankin and his work as an abolitionist (48 items). The collection also includes essays by Rankin's children about their father and his work with the Underground Railroad. Rankin is credited with helping two thousand slaves escape to freedom. The character of Eliza in Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin was reportedly inspired by a story of a woman who crossed the partially-frozen Ohio River with a baby in her arms, making it safely to Rankin's house. His house in Ripley was a stop on the Underground Railroad. It is situated at the top of a hill overlooking the Ohio River. Escaping slaves climbed the 100-step "Freedom Stairway" from the river to reach the house. The house has several secret rooms in which slaves were hidden. A light was placed in the window of the house to indicate that it was safe for slaves to approach. The John Rankin House is now a museum, part of the Ohio Historical Society's state-wide network of historic sites.
Creator	Rankin, John, 1793-1886
Date of Original	1835
Collection	http://dbs.ohiohistory.org/africanam/
Source	Unpublished material (archives/manuscripts); VFM 2137
Format	manuscripts
Submitting Institution	Ohio Historical Society
Rights	Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type	Text
Date created	2010-10-19

Title	Om1375_1142886_001
Rights	Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
File Name	Om1375_1142886_001.tif
Image Height	3939
Image Width	3248
File Size	815.818 KB
Full Text	I Review of the Statement of the Faculty of Lane Seminary, In Relation to the Recent Difficulties in that Institution; by John Rankin, Pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Ripley and Author of "Letters on Slavery." Ripley: Published by the Author, Campbell & Palmer, Printers. .......... 1835.
Date created	2009-01-09

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