The Pearl : a failed slave escape on the Potomac / / Josephine F. Pacheco
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| Autore: |
Pacheco Josephine F
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| Titolo: |
The Pearl : a failed slave escape on the Potomac / / Josephine F. Pacheco
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| Pubblicazione: | Chapel Hill [N.C.], : University of North Carolina Press, c2005 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (320 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 973.7/115 |
| 973.7115 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Fugitive enslaved persons - Washington Region - History - 19th century |
| Antislavery movements - Washington Region - History - 19th century | |
| Note generali: | Includes index. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Slavery in the Nation's Capital; 2 The Escape Attempt; 3 Men of Extraordinary Courage; 4 The Chaplain and the Slaver; 5 The Edmondsons; 6 The Trials; 7 Congress Confronts Slavery; 8 Congress, Runaways, and the Slave Trade; 9 The Aftermath; Conclusion; Notes; Index; |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The Pearl |
| ISBN: | 0-8078-8892-3 |
| 1-4696-0418-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910824861803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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