Passenger on the Pearl, the true story of Emily Edmonson's flight from slavery, Winifred Conkling
Type
Label
Passenger on the Pearl, the true story of Emily Edmonson's flight from slavery, Winifred Conkling
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 158-159) and index
resource.biographical
contains biographical information
Illustrations
illustrationsmaps
Index
index present
Intended audience
1160L, lexileSentence length: 5 (very hard), Word frequency: 3 (medium), Lexile
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Passenger on the Pearl
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
866938497
Responsibility statement
Winifred Conkling
resource.studyProgramName
Accelerated Reader, MG, 8.0, 6.0.
Sub title
the true story of Emily Edmonson's flight from slavery
Summary
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
Table Of Contents
A mother's sorrow -- Escape: April 15, 1848 -- Against the tide -- Chasing the Pearl -- Capture -- Back to Washington -- Sold -- Baltimore -- New Orleans -- An unexpected reunion -- $2,250: the price of freedom -- Ransomed -- The trial of Captain Daniel Drayton -- A radical education -- Chaplin's surrender -- Pardoned -- "The last two drops of blood in my heart" -- Emily, alone -- Homecoming
Target audience
juvenile
Creator
Subject
- Biographies
- Fugitive slaves -- Washington Region -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature
- Esclaves fugitifs -- Washington, Région de -- Biographies -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Pearl (Schooner) -- Juvenile literature
- Edmonson, Emily, 1835-1895 -- Juvenile literature
- Washington, Région de -- Histoire -- 19e siècle -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Edmondson family -- Juvenile literature
- Fugitive slaves -- Washington Region -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Pearl (Schooner)
- Underground Railroad -- Washington, Région de -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Washington Region -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature
- Antislavery movements -- Washington Region -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature
- Underground Railroad -- Washington Region -- Juvenile literature
- Edmondson family
- Esclaves fugitifs -- Washington, Région de -- Histoire -- 19e siècle -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Antislavery movements + History -- 19th century
- Antislavery movements -- Washington Region -- History -- 19th century
- Mouvements antiesclavagistes -- Washington, Région de -- Histoire -- 19e siècle -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Mouvements antiesclavagistes -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 19e siècle -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Washington Region -- History -- 19th century
- collective biographies
- Fugitive slaves -- Washington Region -- Biography
- Fugitive slaves -- Washington Region -- History -- 19th century
- Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature
- Underground Railroad -- Washington Region
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Author
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Outgoing Resources
- Creator1
- Genre2
- Subject25
- Biographies
- Fugitive slaves -- Washington Region -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature
- Esclaves fugitifs -- Washington, Région de -- Biographies -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Pearl (Schooner) -- Juvenile literature
- Edmonson, Emily, 1835-1895 -- Juvenile literature
- Washington, Région de -- Histoire -- 19e siècle -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Edmondson family -- Juvenile literature
- Fugitive slaves -- Washington Region -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Pearl (Schooner)
- Underground Railroad -- Washington, Région de -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Washington Region -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature
- Antislavery movements -- Washington Region -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature
- Underground Railroad -- Washington Region -- Juvenile literature
- Edmondson family
- Esclaves fugitifs -- Washington, Région de -- Histoire -- 19e siècle -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Antislavery movements + History -- 19th century
- Antislavery movements -- Washington Region -- History -- 19th century
- Mouvements antiesclavagistes -- Washington, Région de -- Histoire -- 19e siècle -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Mouvements antiesclavagistes -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 19e siècle -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Washington Region -- History -- 19th century
- collective biographies
- Fugitive slaves -- Washington Region -- Biography
- Fugitive slaves -- Washington Region -- History -- 19th century
- Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature
- Underground Railroad -- Washington Region
- Content1
- Author1
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