03270nam 2200625Ia 450 991045640230332120200520144314.00-8078-9579-2(CKB)2520000000007799(EBL)880198(OCoLC)593326795(MiAaPQ)EBC880198(Au-PeEL)EBL880198(CaPaEBR)ebr10367508(EXLCZ)99252000000000779920090729d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||David Ruggles[electronic resource] a radical black abolitionist and the Underground Railroad in New York City /Graham Russell Gao HodgesChapel Hill University of North Carolina Press20101 online resource (281 p.)The John Hope Franklin series in African American history and cultureDescription based upon print version of record.0-8078-3326-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Introduction; ONE: A Revolutionary Childhood; TWO: An Apprentice Abolitionist in Post-Emancipation New York City; THREE: Making Practical Abolitionism; FOUR: Melding Black Abolitionism and the Underground Railroad; FIVE: Abolitionist and Physician; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; ZDavid Ruggles (1810-1849) was one of the most heroic--and has been one of the most often overlooked--figures of the early abolitionist movement in America. Graham Russell Gao Hodges provides the first biography of this African American activist, writer, publisher, and hydrotherapist who secured liberty for more than six hundred former bond people, the most famous of whom was Frederick Douglass. A forceful, courageous voice for black freedom, Ruggles mentored Douglass, Sojourner Truth, and William Cooper Nell in the skills of antislavery activism. As a founder of the New York Committee of VigilJohn Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture.AbolitionistsNew York (State)New YorkBiographyAbolitionistsMassachusettsBiographyAfrican American abolitionistsNew York (State)New YorkBiographyAfrican American abolitionistsMassachusettsBiographyUnderground RailroadNew York (State)New YorkUnderground RailroadMassachusettsAntislavery movementsNew York (State)New YorkHistoryAntislavery movementsMassachusettsHistoryElectronic books.AbolitionistsAbolitionistsAfrican American abolitionistsAfrican American abolitionistsUnderground RailroadUnderground RailroadAntislavery movementsHistory.Antislavery movementsHistory.326.8092326/.8092Hodges Graham Russell1946-862282MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456402303321David Ruggles2260279UNINA