LEADER 03270nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910456402303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8078-9579-2 035 $a(CKB)2520000000007799 035 $a(EBL)880198 035 $a(OCoLC)593326795 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC880198 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL880198 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10367508 035 $a(EXLCZ)992520000000007799 100 $a20090729d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 200 10$aDavid Ruggles$b[electronic resource] $ea radical black abolitionist and the Underground Railroad in New York City /$fGraham Russell Gao Hodges 210 $aChapel Hill $cUniversity of North Carolina Press$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (281 p.) 225 1 $aThe John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8078-3326-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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; Z 330 $aDavid Ruggles (1810-1849) was one of the most heroic--and has been one of the most often overlooked--figures of the early abolitionist movement in America. Graham Russell Gao Hodges provides the first biography of this African American activist, writer, publisher, and hydrotherapist who secured liberty for more than six hundred former bond people, the most famous of whom was Frederick Douglass. A forceful, courageous voice for black freedom, Ruggles mentored Douglass, Sojourner Truth, and William Cooper Nell in the skills of antislavery activism. As a founder of the New York Committee of Vigil 410 0$aJohn Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture. 606 $aAbolitionists$zNew York (State)$zNew York$vBiography 606 $aAbolitionists$zMassachusetts$vBiography 606 $aAfrican American abolitionists$zNew York (State)$zNew York$vBiography 606 $aAfrican American abolitionists$zMassachusetts$vBiography 606 $aUnderground Railroad$zNew York (State)$zNew York 606 $aUnderground Railroad$zMassachusetts 606 $aAntislavery movements$zNew York (State)$zNew York$xHistory 606 $aAntislavery movements$zMassachusetts$xHistory 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAbolitionists 615 0$aAbolitionists 615 0$aAfrican American abolitionists 615 0$aAfrican American abolitionists 615 0$aUnderground Railroad 615 0$aUnderground Railroad 615 0$aAntislavery movements$xHistory. 615 0$aAntislavery movements$xHistory. 676 $a326.8092 676 $a326/.8092 700 $aHodges$b Graham Russell$f1946-$0862282 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456402303321 996 $aDavid Ruggles$92260279 997 $aUNINA