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First edition. |
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1 online resource. |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Print version record. |
| Summary |
The page-turning, heart-wrenching true story of one young woman willing to risk her safety and even her life for a chance at freedom in the largest slave escape attempt in American history. In 1848, thirteen-year-old Emily Edmonson, five of her siblings, and seventy other enslaved people boarded the Pearl under cover of night in Washington, D.C., hoping to sail north to freedom. Within a day, the schooner was captured, and the Edmonsons were sent to New Orleans to be sold into even crueler conditions. Passenger on the Pearl is the story of this thwarted escape, of the ramifications of its attempt, and of a family for whom freedom was the ultimate goal. Through an engaging narrative, informative sidebars, and more than fifty period photographs and illustrations, Winifred Conkling takes readers on Emily Edmonson’s journey from enslaved person to teacher at a school for African American young women. Conkling illuminates a turbulent time in American history, showing the daily lives of enslaved people, the often-changing laws affecting them, the high cost of a failed escape, and the stories of slave traders and abolitionists. |
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Edmonson, Emily, 1835-1895 -- Juvenile literature.
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Pearl (Schooner) -- Juvenile literature.
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Fugitive slaves -- Washington Region -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Fugitive slaves -- Washington Region -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.
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Antislavery movements -- Washington Region -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.
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Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.
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Underground Railroad -- Washington Region -- Juvenile literature.
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Washington Region -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.
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Edmondson family -- Juvenile literature.
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JUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / United States / African American
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Electronic books.
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Freading.
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| Related To |
Print version: Conkling, Winifred. Passenger on the Pearl. First edition 9781616201968 (DLC) 2014029246 (OCoLC)866938497 |
| ISBN |
9781616204365 electronic bk. |
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1616204362 electronic bk. |
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