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The Pearl : A Failed Slave Escape on the Potomac
The Pearl A Failed Slave Escape on the Potomac
Author: Josephine F. Pacheco
In the spring of 1848 seventy-six slaves from the nation's capital hid aboard a schooner called the Pearl in an attempt to sail down the Potomac River and up the Chesapeake Bay to freedom in Pennsylvania. When inclement weather forced them to anchor for the night, the fugitive slaves and the ship's crew were captured and returned to Washi...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780807829189
ISBN-10: 0807829188
Publication Date: 2/28/2005
Pages: 320
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Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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