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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Autor principal: Pacheco, Josephine F. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : The University of North Carolina Press, [2005]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Pearl (Schooner)
Fugitive slaves.
Antislavery movements.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Mouvements antiesclavagistes > Washington, Region de > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Esclaves fugitifs > Washington, Region de > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Antislavery movements > Washington Region > History > 19th century.
Fugitive slaves > Washington Region > History > 19th century.
Washington (D.C.) Region.
History
Electronic books.
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