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The Pearl a failed slave escape on the Potomac
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Title
The Pearl [electronic resource] : a failed slave escape on the Potomac / Josephine F. Pacheco.
ISBN
9781469604183 (ebook) :
Published
Chapel Hill, N.C. ; London : University of North Carolina Press, c2005.
Physical Description
1 online resource (x, 307 p.) : ill.
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Description based on print version record.
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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.
Variant and related titles
North Carolina scholarship online.
Other formats
Print version
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 06, 2016
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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