Escape from Slavery: the Story of Mary and Emily Edmonson

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Mary and Emily shortly after being freed in 1848

Mary and Emily Edmonson were two of the youngest passengers who attempted to escape slavery on the ill-fated Pearl voyage in 1848. Join Elizabeth as she and a descendant of the Edmonson family discuss the role of these young women in not only the escape but also the abolition movement and Reconstruction.

​Podcaster: Elizabeth

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Further Reading

C.W. Harper, "Black Aristocrats: Domestic Servants on the Antebellum Plantation." Phylon (1960-) 46, no. 2 (1985): 123-35. 


John H. Paynter, Fugitives of the Pearl, (1930). 


Mary Kay Ricks, Escape on the Pearl: The Heroic Bid for Freedom on the Underground Railroad, Harper Collins Publishers, (2008). 

Measuring the Value of a Slave.
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Smithsonian: Anacostia Community Museum.

Maria Pinkleton, descendant of the Edmonsons

Music: "Evening Melodrama" by Kevin Macleod (www.incompetech.com) ​​

Mary and Elizabeth standing behind Frederick Douglass at the Cazenovia Convention in 1850

Aaron Pinkleton, descendant of the Edmonson family standing in front of the statue of Emily and Mary that has stood in Alexandria, VA since 2010