The Schooner 'Pearl' Incident, 1848
Three Accounts of the Largest Recorded Escape Attempt by Slaves in the United States of America
The Greatest Escape of African slaves in American history This unique book from Leonaur collects three pieces concerning the so called 'Schooner Pearl Incident' of 1848. This bid for freedom by seventy-seven slaves from Washington DC, a decade or so before the outbreak of the American Civil War, was the largest ever attempt to escape by slaves in American history and one of the most significant episodes in the struggle by African slaves to gain freedom in the U. S. A. The escape was organised by both white and free black radicals and the plan included a 225 mile sail by the 'Pearl' carrying the slaves to the 'free state…
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Weitere Autoren: Stowe, Harriet Beecher / Paynter, John H.
- ISBN: 978-1-78282-135-9
- EAN: 9781782821359
- Produktnummer: 15212957
- Verlag: Leonaur
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 140 S.
- Masse: H21.6 cm x B14.0 cm x D0.7 cm 186 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 186
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