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Title Passenger on the Pearl : the true story of Emily Edmonson's flight from slavery / Winifred Conkling.
Author Conkling, Winifred, author.
Publication Info. Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Young Readers, 2015.
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 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Children's  J 306.362 CON    Check Shelves
Edition First edition.
Description 170 pages : illustrations, maps, genealogical table ; 24 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary Documents the events of the 1848 escape attempt by Emily Edmonson, her siblings and dozens of other enslaved people on board the Pearl, discussing the contributions made by Harriet Beecher Stowe, Emily's subsequent education and her history-changing teaching career.
Subject Edmonson, Emily, 1835-1895 -- Juvenile literature.
Pearl (Schooner) -- Juvenile literature.
Fugitive slaves -- Washington Region -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Fugitive slaves -- Washington Region -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.
Antislavery movements -- Washington Region -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.
Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.
Underground Railroad -- Washington Region -- Juvenile literature.
Washington Region -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.
Edmondson family -- Juvenile literature.
Pearl (Schooner) -- Juvenile literature.
Fugitive slaves -- Washington Region -- Biography.
Fugitive slaves -- Washington Region -- History -- 19th century.
Antislavery movements -- Washington Region -- History -- 19th century.
Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Underground Railroad -- Washington Region.
Washington Region -- History -- 19th century.
Edmondson family.
ISBN 9781616201968 : $17.95
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