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Language: Mild Language,Sexual Content: Reference/Discussion,Violence: Mild Violence,Violence: Sexual Assault/Rape Reference/Discussion,Violence: Suicide
Passenger on the Pearl: The True Story of Emily Edmonson’s Flight from Slavery
By Winifred Conkling
Edition
NCSS Carter G. Woodson Book Award 2016 Winner, Secondary
By Winifred Conkling
Hardcover edition
Publisher Algonquin Imprint Algonquin ISBN9781616201968
Awards and Honors 2015 Cybils Awards Nomination, Young Adult NonfictionNCSS Carter G. Woodson Book Award 2016 Winner, Secondary
Passenger on the Pearl: The True Story of Emily Edmonson’s Flight from Slavery
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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. Time line. Edmonson family tree. Sources and notes. Bibliography. Index. Maps. Black-and-white reproductions of period documents and artwork. Black-and-white photographs.
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