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The Pearl : a failed slave escape on the Potomac Josephine F. Pacheco
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View onlineHistorical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks E 445 .D6 P33 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pacheco, Josephine F.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fugitive slaves--Washington Region--History--19th century.
- Fugitive slaves.
- Antislavery movements--Washington Region--History--19th century.
- Antislavery movements.
- Pearl (Schooner).
- Physical Description:
- x, 307 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2005.
- Contents:
- Slavery in the nation's capitol
- The escape attempt
- Men of extraordinary courage
- The chaplain and the slaver
- The Edmondsons
- The trials
- Congress confronts slavery
- Congress, runaways, and the slave trade
- The aftermath.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0807829188 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780807829189 (cloth : alk. paper)
- OCLC:
- 55679244
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