Escape on the Pearl : [the heroic bid for freedom on the Underground Railroad] /
Ricks, Mary Kay.
New York : William Morrow,
c2007.
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.
Edmondson family.
Pearl (Schooner)
Fugitive slaves
Underground Railroad
Antislavery movements
Fugitive slaves
Antislavery movements
Slavery