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28 Mar 2007, 9:47 pm
As described in Ann Hagedorn's book, Beyond the River, it was at Ripley that the most famous incident later recounted in Uncle Tom's Cabin -- "Eliza crossing the ice" -- actually occurred.At that time abolitionist John Rankin had a house on a hilltop above Ripley where he left a lantern on all night. [read post]