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The Resource Passenger on the Pearl : the true story of Emily Edmonson's flight from slavery, Winifred Conkling, (electronic resource)

Passenger on the Pearl : the true story of Emily Edmonson's flight from slavery, Winifred Conkling, (electronic resource)

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The page-turning, heart-wrenching true story of one young woman willing to risk her safety and even her life for a chance at freedom in the largest slave escape attempt in American history. In 1848, thirteen-year-old Emily Edmonson, five of her siblings, and seventy other enslaved people boarded the Pearl under cover of night in Washington, D.C., hoping to sail north to freedom. Within a day, the schooner was captured, and the Edmonsons were sent to New Orleans to be sold into even crueler conditions. Passenger on the Pearl is the story of this thwarted escape, of the ramifications of its attempt, and of a family for whom freedom was the ultimate goal. Through an engaging narrative, informative sidebars, and more than fifty period photographs and illustrations, Winifred Conkling takes readers on Emily Edmonson & rsquo;s journey from enslaved person to teacher at a school for African American young women. Conkling illuminates a turbulent time in American history, showing the daily lives of enslaved people, the often-changing laws affecting them, the high cost of a failed escape, and the stories of slave traders and abolitionists
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First edition.
Extent
1 online resource
Contents
  • Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Epigraph -- One: A Motherâ€?s Sorrow -- Two: Escape: April 15, 1848 -- Three: Against the Tide -- Four: Chasing the Pearl -- Five: Capture -- Six: Back to Washington -- Seven: Sold -- Eight: Baltimore -- Nine: New Orleans -- Ten: An Unexpected Reunion -- Eleven: 2,250: The Price of Freedom -- Twelve: Ransomed -- Thirteen: The Trial of Captain Daniel Drayton -- Fourteen: A Radical Education -- Fifteen: Chaplinâ€?s Surrender -- Sixteen: Pardoned -- Seventeen: “The Last Two Drops of Blood in My Heartâ€?
  • Eighteen: Emily, AloneNineteen: Homecoming -- Sources and Notes -- Bibliography -- For More Information -- Acknowledgments -- Index
Isbn
9781616204365
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Passenger on the Pearl : the true story of Emily Edmonson's flight from slavery
Title
Passenger on the Pearl
Title remainder
the true story of Emily Edmonson's flight from slavery
Statement of responsibility
Winifred Conkling
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Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
The page-turning, heart-wrenching true story of one young woman willing to risk her safety and even her life for a chance at freedom in the largest slave escape attempt in American history. In 1848, thirteen-year-old Emily Edmonson, five of her siblings, and seventy other enslaved people boarded the Pearl under cover of night in Washington, D.C., hoping to sail north to freedom. Within a day, the schooner was captured, and the Edmonsons were sent to New Orleans to be sold into even crueler conditions. Passenger on the Pearl is the story of this thwarted escape, of the ramifications of its attempt, and of a family for whom freedom was the ultimate goal. Through an engaging narrative, informative sidebars, and more than fifty period photographs and illustrations, Winifred Conkling takes readers on Emily Edmonson & rsquo;s journey from enslaved person to teacher at a school for African American young women. Conkling illuminates a turbulent time in American history, showing the daily lives of enslaved people, the often-changing laws affecting them, the high cost of a failed escape, and the stories of slave traders and abolitionists
Biography type
contains biographical information
Cataloging source
VALIL
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Conkling, Winifred
Dewey number
306.3/62092
Index
no index present
Interest level
MG+
LC call number
E445.D6
LC item number
C66 2015eb
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
Reading level
8.0
Study program name
Accelerated Reader
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Edmonson, Emily
  • Edmondson family
  • Edmondson family
  • Pearl (Schooner)
  • Pearl (Schooner)
  • Fugitive slaves
  • Fugitive slaves
  • Antislavery movements
  • Antislavery movements
  • Underground Railroad
  • Fugitive slaves
  • Fugitive slaves
  • Antislavery movements
  • Antislavery movements
  • Underground Railroad
  • JUVENILE NONFICTION
  • JUVENILE NONFICTION
  • Washington Region
  • Washington Region
Target audience
juvenile
Label
Passenger on the Pearl : the true story of Emily Edmonson's flight from slavery, Winifred Conkling, (electronic resource)
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Instantiates
Publication
Antecedent source
unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Epigraph -- One: A Motherâ€?s Sorrow -- Two: Escape: April 15, 1848 -- Three: Against the Tide -- Four: Chasing the Pearl -- Five: Capture -- Six: Back to Washington -- Seven: Sold -- Eight: Baltimore -- Nine: New Orleans -- Ten: An Unexpected Reunion -- Eleven: 2,250: The Price of Freedom -- Twelve: Ransomed -- Thirteen: The Trial of Captain Daniel Drayton -- Fourteen: A Radical Education -- Fifteen: Chaplinâ€?s Surrender -- Sixteen: Pardoned -- Seventeen: “The Last Two Drops of Blood in My Heartâ€?
  • Eighteen: Emily, AloneNineteen: Homecoming -- Sources and Notes -- Bibliography -- For More Information -- Acknowledgments -- Index
Dimensions
unknown
Edition
First edition.
Extent
1 online resource
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781616204365
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
6f7ab61e-1715-4357-90ba-c269164dda34
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)899209210
Label
Passenger on the Pearl : the true story of Emily Edmonson's flight from slavery, Winifred Conkling, (electronic resource)
Link
Publication
Antecedent source
unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Epigraph -- One: A Motherâ€?s Sorrow -- Two: Escape: April 15, 1848 -- Three: Against the Tide -- Four: Chasing the Pearl -- Five: Capture -- Six: Back to Washington -- Seven: Sold -- Eight: Baltimore -- Nine: New Orleans -- Ten: An Unexpected Reunion -- Eleven: 2,250: The Price of Freedom -- Twelve: Ransomed -- Thirteen: The Trial of Captain Daniel Drayton -- Fourteen: A Radical Education -- Fifteen: Chaplinâ€?s Surrender -- Sixteen: Pardoned -- Seventeen: “The Last Two Drops of Blood in My Heartâ€?
  • Eighteen: Emily, AloneNineteen: Homecoming -- Sources and Notes -- Bibliography -- For More Information -- Acknowledgments -- Index
Dimensions
unknown
Edition
First edition.
Extent
1 online resource
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781616204365
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
6f7ab61e-1715-4357-90ba-c269164dda34
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)899209210

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