Escape on the Pearl - ECU Libraries Catalog

Escape on the Pearl / Mary Kay Ricks.

Author/creator	Ricks, Mary Kay author.
Format	Book and Print
Edition	First edition, uncorrected proof.
Publication Info	New York : William Morrow, [2007]
Copyright Notice	©2007
Description	414 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Contributor biographical information
Subject(s)	Edmondson family. Pearl (Schooner) Fugitive slaves--Washington Region --History --19th century. Underground Railroad--Washington Region. Antislavery movements--Washington Region --History --19th century. Fugitive slaves--Washington Region --Biography. Antislavery movements--United States --History --19th century. Slavery--Political aspects --United States --History --19th century. Washington Region--History --19th century.

Variant title	Escape on the Pearl : the heroic bid for freedom on the Underground Railroad.
Contents	Two young girls join an audacious escape -- Washington's Underground Railroad -- Slavery in the Washington area -- Waves in Congress -- The fate of the Edmonsons -- Trials and tribulations -- More legal maneuvers; the sisters head north -- The fugitive slave act and the great protest meeting -- The struggle to free Drayton and Sayres; Mary and Emily go to Oberlin -- Emily comes home; Samuel Edmonson escapes again -- Dred Scott and the rise of Lincoln -- Freedom in the District of Columbia -- Emily and Samuel return to Washington; John is found.
Abstract	Traces the failed 1848 escape attempt of more than seventy slaves, an event that galvanized the debate over slavery in Congress, in an account that focuses on the freedom quest of teenage sisters Mary and Emily Edmonson.
General note	Cover title.
Bibliography note	Includes unnumbered bibliographical references (pages 371-414).
Acquisitions source	Joyner Rare copy gift of Gene and Susan Roberts, 2016.
Genre/form	Biography.
Genre/form	History.
ISBN	0060786590
ISBN	9780060786595

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	Rare Collection	E445.D6 R53	✔ Available	Request Material