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Author Ricks, Mary Kay.

Title Escape on the Pearl : the heroic bid for freedom on the Underground Railroad / Mary Kay Ricks.

Publication Info. New York : William Morrow, [2007]
©2007

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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  973.711 RICKS    Check Shelf
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department  973.7 RIC    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  973.7115 RIC    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  973.7115 R42    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  973.7115 RI    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xi, 432 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [373]-416) and index.
Contents Two young girls join an audacious escape -- Washington's Underground Railroad -- Slavery in the Washington area -- Waves in Congress -- The fate of the Edmonsons -- Trials and tribulations -- More legal maneuvers; the sisters head north -- The fugitive slave act and the great protest meeting -- The struggle to free Drayton and Sayres; Mary and Emily go to Oberlin -- Emily comes home; Samuel Edmonson escapes again -- Dred Scott and the rise of Lincoln -- Freedom in the District of Columbia -- Emily and Samuel return to Washington; John is found.
Subject Fugitive slaves -- Washington Region -- History -- 19th century.
Underground Railroad -- Washington Region.
Antislavery movements -- Washington Region -- History -- 19th century.
Pearl (Schooner)
Edmondson family.
Fugitive slaves -- Washington Region -- Biography.
Washington Region -- History -- 19th century.
Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Slavery -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
ISBN 0060786590
9780060786595
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