Episode
The Rescue: Fugitives and Freedom
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- It Is Written
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- Jul 3, 2026
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- 1710
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Summary
In 1858, when a bounty hunter came to Oberlin, Ohio, to capture an enslaved man who had fled from Kentucky via the Underground Railroad, the staunchly abolitionist townspeople of Oberlin had something to say about it. Join John Bradshaw on location in Ohio for the story of John Price’s bid for freedom and the people who stood up to injustice on his behalf.