The pearl
who is Paul Jennings?
the enslaved man who came up with the plan to escape.
Where did the pearl escapees depart from to escape?
Anacostia
The two sisters who were among the escapees and later became associated with abolitionism
Mary and Emily Edmonson?
the number of enslaved people who attempted to escape?
77 enslaved people
The conditions that slowed the Pearl’s voyage.
A windstorm
The movement with which Mary and Emily Edmonson later became associated.
abolitionist movement
who were the two men involved with helping the slaves escape?
Daniel Drayton and Edmund Sayers
The date when 76 enslaved people attempted to escape from Washington, D.C.
april 15th 1848
what were the escapees seeking?
freedom
what happened to the slaved once they were captured
transported back to Washington and incarcerated in the local jail.
The Maryland location near which the Pearl was captured.
Point lookout
who did Emily and Mary Edmonson unite with during the abolitionist movement
Fredrick Douglass