The Pearl : a failed slave escape on the Potomac /

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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 e...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pacheco, Josephine F. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill ; London : The University of North Carolina Press, [2005]
Colección:Slavery in America and the world: history, culture & law.
UNC Press law publications.
Temas:
Pearl (Schooner)
1800-1899
Fugitive slaves > Washington Region > History > 19th century.
Antislavery movements > Washington Region > History > 19th century.
Esclaves fugitifs > Washington, Région de > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Mouvements antiesclavagistes > Washington, Région de > Histoire > 19e siècle.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies.
Antislavery movements.
Fugitive slaves.
Washington (D.C.) Region.
History
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