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| Birthplace: | Dandridge On Dumplin Creek, Jefferson, Tennessee, USA |
| Death: | Died in Ironton, Lawrence, Ohio, USA |
| Occupation: | Minister, Reverend |
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About John Rankin
John Rankin (February 5, 1793 – March 18, 1886) was an American Presbyterian minister, educator and abolitionist. Upon moving to Ripley, Ohio in 1822, he became known as one of Ohio's first and most active "conductors" on the Underground Railroad. Prominent pre-Civil War abolitionists William Lloyd Garrison, Henry Ward Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe were influenced by Rankin's writings and work in the anti-slavery movement.
When Beecher was asked after the end of the Civil War, "Who abolished slavery?," he answered, "Reverend John Rankin and his sons did."
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John Rankin's Timeline
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March 18, 1886
Age 93
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Ironton, Lawrence, Ohio, USA
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February 4, 1793
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Dandridge On Dumplin Creek, Jefferson, Tennessee, USA
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January 2, 1816
Age 22
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Washington, TN
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Ironton, Ohio
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1816
Age 23
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1819
Age 26
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1818
Age 25
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1821
Age 28
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1821
Age 28
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