Image Title:
The Edmonson Sisters 

Note:
Mary Edmonson (1832–1853) standing and Emily Edmonson (1835–1895) seated

". . . 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, DC on the schooner The Pearl to sail up the Chesapeake Bay to freedom in New Jersey. " Read More  and also click on a letter  A | B

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Wikipedia

Subject:
Slavery - Historical Figures - Slave - History Maker - American -  Abolitionist - Teachers

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N/A

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Public Domain

Image:
SA-SLAVHF-24

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