| Description |
330 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Prologue: a secret striving -- Reluctant runaway -- Sanctuary -- "In the midst of friends" -- "Never reject the claims of the fugitive" -- The rescue plot -- "A spirit like a dove" -- A season of silence -- "A case of heart breaking distress" -- If they die for their freedom, amen -- "The welfare of her race" -- "To part no more" -- Epilogue: "Their works do follow them." |
| Summary |
"What was it like for a mother to flee slavery, leaving her children behind? To Free a Family tells the remarkable story of Mary Walker, who in August 1848 fled her owner for refuge in the North and spent the next seventeen years trying to recover her family."--Jacket. |
| Subject |
Walker, Mary, -1872.
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Walker, Mary, -1872. |
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Walker, Mary, -1872 -- Family.
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Families. |
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Fugitive slaves -- Northeastern States -- Biography.
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Fugitive slaves. |
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Northeastern States. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Enslaved women -- North Carolina -- Orange County -- Biography.
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Enslaved women. |
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North Carolina -- Orange County. |
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African American women -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge -- Biography.
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African American women. |
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Massachusetts -- Cambridge. |
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Family reunions -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge -- History -- 19th century.
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Family reunions. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Cambridge (Mass.) -- Biography.
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Orange County (N.C.) -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| ISBN |
9780674062122 alkaline paper |
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0674062124 alkaline paper |
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9780674063297 ebook |
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0674063295 ebook |
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