Edmonson sisters
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edmonson-sisters-180-1129891
title:
Edmonson sisters
text:
Mary Edmonson (1832–1853) and Emily Edmonson, "two respectable young women of light complexion", were African Americans who became celebrities in the United States abolitionist movement after gaining their freedom from slavery. On April 15, 1848, they were among the 77 slaves who tried to escape from Washington, D.C., on the schooner The Pearl to sail up the Chesapeake Bay to freedom in New Jersey. Although that effort failed, they were freed from slavery by funds raised by the Congregational Pl
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encyclopedia
description:
19th-century African-American abolitionists
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmonson_sisters
date created:
2007-01-01T06:53:02Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T12:36:35Z
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