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Nathans, Sydney.
To free a family :
the journey of Mary Walker /
Sydney Nathans.
Cambridge, Mass :
Harvard University Press,
2012.
330 p., [20] p. of plates :
ill., maps ;
22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.".
20120302.
Walker, Mary
d. 1872.
Walker, Mary
d. 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.