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John Rankin originally wrote his "Letters on American Slavery" to persuade his brother of the moral case against slavery. Rankin accomplished this by giving the first singular, concentrated argument in favor of immediate emancipation, says Caleb Franz, author of "The Conductor: The Story of Rev. John Rankin, Abolitionism’s Essential Founding Father." Listen to the entire episode at the link in the comments.
John Rankin originally wrote his "Letters on American Slavery" to persuade his brother of the moral case against slavery. Rankin accomplished this by giving the first singular, concentrated argument in favor of immediate emancipation, says Caleb Franz, author of "The Conductor: The Story of Rev. John Rankin, Abolitionism’s Essential Founding Father." Listen to the entire episode at the link in the comments.
