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To free a family : the journey of Mary Walker / Sydney Nathans.

Author: Nathans, Sydney.

Imprint:Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, c2012.

Description330 p., [20] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 22 cm.

Note: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."

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.



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