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Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
330 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"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. Her freedom, like that of thousands who escaped from bondage, came at a great price- remorse at parting without a word, fear for her family's fate. This story is anchored in two extraordinary...
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