Escape on the Pearl: The Heroic Bid for Freedom on the Underground Railroad [Book]

On the evening of April 15, 1848, nearly eighty enslaved Americans attempted one of history's most audacious escapes. Setting sail from Washington, D.C., on a schooner named the Pearl, the fugitives began a daring 225-mile journey to freedom in the North—and put in motion a furiously fought battle over slavery in America that would consume Congress, the streets of the capital, and the White House itself.

Escape on the Pearl: The Heroic Bid for Freedom on the Underground Railroad

Searching for Three Escapees on The Pearl: The Rosier Men in 1848 – Mark Auslander

Escape on the Pearl: The Heroic Bid for Freedom on the Underground Railroad by Mary Kay Ricks, Paperback

The Underground Railroad: A Novel by Whitehead, Colson

Escape on the Pearl: The Heroic Bid for Freedom on the Underground Railroad by Mary Kay Ricks

The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Underground Railroad from Slavery to Freedon (1898) by Wilbert Henry Siebert.

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Slaves in the Family and Escape on the Pearl: A Report on Two Books that Used NARA Records – Rediscovering Black History

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The Underground Railroad: A Novel by Whitehead, Colson

History Resources

Escape on the Pearl: The Heroic Bid for Freedom, Museum Shop

Escape on the Pearl – HarperCollins