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To free a family : the journey of Mary Walker /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nathans, Sydney
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012.
Subjects:
Walker, Mary, > -1872.
Walker, Mary, > -1872 > Family.
Fugitive slaves > Northeastern States > Biography.
Women slaves > North Carolina > Orange County > Biography.
African American women > Massachusetts > Cambridge > Biography.
Family reunions > Massachusetts > Cambridge > History > 19th century.
Cambridge (Mass.) > Biography.
Orange County (N.C.) > Biography.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: A Secret Striving
  • Reluctant Runaway
  • Sanctuary
  • "In the Midst of Friends"
  • "Never Reject the Claims of Fugitive"
  • The Rescue Plot
  • "A Spirit Like a Dove"
  • A Season of Silence
  • "A Case of Heart-Rending Distress"
  • If They Die for Their Freedom, Amen
  • "The Welfare of Her Race"
  • "To Part No More"
  • Epilogue: "Their Works Do Follow Them."