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Title Escape on the Pearl : the heroic bid for freedom on the Underground Railroad / Mary Kay Ricks.
Author Ricks, Mary Kay.
Publication Info. New York : William Morrow, c2007.
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 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Fourth Floor  973.7115 RIC    Check Shelves
Edition 1st ed.
Description xi, 432 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary Traces the failed 1848 escape attempt of more than seventy slaves, an event that galvanized the debate over slavery in Congress, in an account that focuses on the freedom quest of teenage sisters Mary and Emily Edmonson.
Subject Edmondson family.
Pearl (Schooner)
Fugitive slaves -- Washington Region -- History -- 19th century.
Underground railroad -- Washington Region.
Antislavery movements -- Washington Region -- History -- 19th century.
Fugitive slaves -- Washington Region -- Biography.
Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Slavery -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Washington Region -- History -- 19th century.
ISBN 0060786590 : $25.95
9780060786595 : $25.95