Passenger on the Pearl: The True Story of Emily Edmonson's Flight from Slavery

by Winifred Conkling

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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...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1616205504

ISBN13:9781616205508

Release Date:January 2016

Publisher:Algonquin Young Readers

Length:176 Pages

Weight:0.65 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 6.7" x 8.9"

Age Range:12 to 15 years

Grade Range:Grades 7 to 10

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