The Pearl : a failed slave escape on the Potomac / Josephine F. Pacheco.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pacheco, Josephine F.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Antislavery movements--Washington Region--History--19th century.

Antislavery movements.

Pearl (Schooner).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (320 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill [N.C.] : University of North Carolina Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In 1848 seventy-six slaves from the nation's capital hid aboard the schooner Pearl in an attempt to sail to freedom in Pennsylvania. When bad weather forced them to anchor, the slaves and the ship's crew were captured and returned to Washington. This work ranges from the preparations for escape to the participants' trial.

Contents:

Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Slavery in the Nation's Capital; 2 The Escape Attempt; 3 Men of Extraordinary Courage; 4 The Chaplain and the Slaver; 5 The Edmondsons; 6 The Trials; 7 Congress Confronts Slavery; 8 Congress, Runaways, and the Slave Trade; 9 The Aftermath; Conclusion; Notes; Index;

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

979-88-9313-136-9

979-88-908743-2-0

0-8078-8892-3

1-4696-0418-3

OCLC:

648386289