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Ricks, Mary Kay.

Escape on the Pearl : the heroic bid for freedom on the Underground Railroad / Mary Kay Ricks.

1st ed.

New York : William Morrow, c2007.

xi, 432 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.

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 -- History -- 19th century.

Slavery -- Political aspects -- History -- 19th century.

Washington Region -- History -- 19th century.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [373]-416) and index.

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.

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