A really important biography; Gao Hodges works hard to draw out Ruggles's life, and draws out really important points about direct action among Black abolitionists, and the importance of an independent, self-directed press to the abolition movement. It was occasionally difficult to follow all the players, so probably a better read if you're more familiar with a greater number of abolitionists than I am, and Gao Hodges chooses some weird points to explore historical imagination (relying on signature analysis to tell us about Ruggles's personality was certainly a choice.) But obviously critical in putting Ruggles into the narrative of abolition, and at a much earlier time than most recognize.