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Beyond the River
The Untold Story of the Heroes of the Underground Railroad  
By Ann Hagedorn
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Contents

Preface: A Double Life


Part I: THE WAR BEFORE THE WAR

1. The Kindling and the Spark

2. Visions and Ideals

3. On the Wings of His Words

4. River of Anguish

5. "My Dear Brother"

6. The Lantern in the Window

7. 1831

8. Speak Truth to Power

9. Family

10. Agitation

11. Mobocracy

12. The Seventy

13. Two Abductions and a Murder


Part II: 1838

14. Waves Break on Either Shore

15. "Mercy Enough?"

16. The Trap

17. "The Matter Is Highly Mysterious"

18. Exposing the Chain

19. "These Men Are Dangerous"

20. The Unappeasable Spirit


Part III: MIDNIGHT ASSASSINS

21. A New Season

22. Double or Nothing

23. By Fire and Sword

24. "Thus Have I Been Attacked"

25. "A Victim of the Slave Power"

26. Parker's Ferry

27. With Spur and Rein

28. Neighbors


Part IV: BEYOND THE RIVER

29. Prison Doors

30. The Quickening Flow

31. Broken Vessel

32. Echoes


Acknowledgments

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index