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Ã2015., Adolescent, Algonquin Young Readers Call No: MEMOIR Edition: 1st pbk. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Narrative text, informative sidebars, photographs, and illustrations describe the attempt to escape slavery by Emily Edmonson and her family and the ramifications of it.
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2015., Algonquin Young Readers Call No: B Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: 1848: Emily Edmonson was among seventy-six fugitives caught on the Pearl during America's largest slave escape attempt. She was to be sent south - unless her father paid ransom.
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[2015], Juvenile, Algonquin Young Readers Call No: BIO Emily Edmonson Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: 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. Conkling takes readers on Emily Edmonson's journey from enslaved person to teacher at a school for African American young women. Her path crosses those of Frederick Douglass and Harriet Beecher Stowe, inspiring the character of Emmeline in Uncle Tom's Cabin. She also 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.
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2015., Adolescent, Algonquin Young Readers Call No: AMERICAN HISTORY NF CON Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Narrative text, informative sidebars, photographs, and illustrations describe the attempt to escape slavery by Emily Edmonson and her family and the ramifications of it.