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Passenger on the Pearl : the true story of Emily Edmonson's flight from slavery
(2015)
By: Conkling, Winifred

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
Y/BIOGRAPHY/306.362/EDMONSON,E/CON

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Kids' Biographies Y/BIOGRAPHY/306.362/EDMONSON,E/CON Available

Details

PUBLISHED
Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Young Readers, 2015
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION

170 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9781616201968, 1616201967 :
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

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

1160L

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SUBJECTS

Edmonson, Emily, 1835-1895.

Pearl (Schooner)

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.

Fugitive slaves.

Antislavery movements.

Underground Railroad.

Biographies.

LOCAL SUBJECTS

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AHML Diversity book project -- Black interest

AHML Diversity book project -- Equity & social issues